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posted by janrinok on Sunday October 30 2016, @08:09PM   Printer-friendly
from the did-you-use-it? dept.

From the BBC website:

Twitter announced on Thursday that it was cutting 9% of its workforce following slow growth of the social network.

"In the coming months we'll be discontinuing the [Vine] mobile app," the company said in a blog.

When he learned of the change, Rus Yusupov (one of Vine's three co-founders) - tweeted: "Don't sell your company!"

A quick search revealed that it's not just a rumor - it appears to be confirmed


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  • (Score: 2) by Capt. Obvious on Monday October 31 2016, @01:12AM

    by Capt. Obvious (6089) on Monday October 31 2016, @01:12AM (#420730)

    new business model for web content is emerging (think: Amazon Prime and Netflix), but you aren't going to like it.

    What, I pay a few bucks and I don't have to look at ads? Perfect.

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  • (Score: 2) by Pino P on Monday October 31 2016, @04:30AM

    by Pino P (4721) on Monday October 31 2016, @04:30AM (#420778) Journal

    And pay a few bucks more per month for each separate publisher. If you follow five different shows, each exclusive to a different platform (Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, CBS, HBO, etc.), prepare to pay at least as much as you would have to a traditional cable or satellite TV provider.

    • (Score: 2) by Capt. Obvious on Monday October 31 2016, @05:33PM

      by Capt. Obvious (6089) on Monday October 31 2016, @05:33PM (#420942)

      Does CBS even charge money for their content?

      I'm not too worried - the ever-present threat of piracy should serve to keep prices low. There's also far more content than I ever want to watch, so if I opt into binging from one service one month, and a different one the next, that seems fine. Since I don't care about watching shows at the same time as other people, that works out for me.

      • (Score: 2) by Pino P on Tuesday November 01 2016, @03:20PM

        by Pino P (4721) on Tuesday November 01 2016, @03:20PM (#421271) Journal

        Does CBS even charge money for their content?

        Yes. Source: CBS All Access [cbs.com], listed as $10 per month, or $6 per month with ads.

        so if I opt into binging from one service one month, and a different one the next, that seems fine.

        Some streaming providers have started to recognize this and lock viewers into multiple-month commitments. Amazon Prime, for instance, is an annual commitment, as are the major professional sport leagues' out-of-market streaming packages.

        In addition, a lot of these paywalled sites carry "news", or works with a short shelf life. Say you subscribe to The New York Times one month and The Wall Street Journal the next, and a story here or on the green site [slashdot.org] links to a news article site other than the one you're subscribing to this month. Then by the time your subscription rotation rolls around to that site, the 14-day commenting window on the story will have closed, not to mention the 1-day window to post comments that are actually seen and replied to. If you're sensitive to spoilers around the water cooler at work, especially for so-called "reality" game shows, the video sites are the same way.