RIP Joost

Courtesy Mashable!  Tue, 11/24/2009 - 09:05

Remember Joost?

There was a time when the peer-to-peer video sharing site was one of the hottest startups on the planet, with famous founders, tens of millions of dollars in investment, and thousands of people clamoring for invites.

But those days are long over, as the likes of Hulu and YouTube have plowed past it in the realm of video content, without the download that Joost required until relatively recently.

Today, Joost as we know...


 

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