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Comment by burnt-resistor

1 day ago

Perhaps because they already had Periscope that no one used. It was a "buy competitor to kill it" play that didn't have the desired effect.

Amusingly Periscope was their clone of Meerkat which was briefly popular before they killed it.

  • Periscope was in closed beta when Meerkat launched. Neither was a clone of the other. Just two teams with the same idea at the same time.