Periscope live streaming application, estimated by far-right conspiracy theorists i predatory children likewise, he will be out of his misery by the end of this coming March, Twitter announced on Tuesday.
Apparently, closing the app meant a long-running decline. According to Twitter, that bought Periscope in 2015, the app was a giant mess, coded by code, “and has been for a while.” Keeping it fixed and running smoothly was more expensive and problematic than it was worth, Twitter said. There are currently few people using the service, the live streaming feature was leaked and added to the basic Twitter app years ago.
“We probably would have made that decision sooner if it weren’t for all the projects we prioritized because of the 2020 events,” he said on Twitter. “We share our decision with you now, because we want to be transparent and honest about where we are and what will come next.”
The Periscope app will be removed from Apple’s App Store and Google Play before March 31st, however from today, users will not be able to create new accounts or purchase new currencies for data transmitters. But all is not lost: “The broadcasts that were shared on Twitter will continue live as replays and all broadcasters will be able to download a file of their broadcasts and Periscope data before the app is removed,” Twitter said. .
The imminent death of Periscope is a surprise: blogger and software engineer Jane Manchun Wong, who specializes in finding bits of news hidden in applications, Found a URL that hinted at the disappearance of Periscope last week.
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Twitter says it “trusts that live video still has the potential to see an even wider audience within the Twitter product,” but we all know deep down that anyone serious about live streaming is already on Twitch, TikTok, or Reddit or YouTube or any number of apps that allow you to do exactly the same thing.