RIP To This Mobile-Only Streaming Service

Streaming services come and go, and apparently they GO FAST!

Another one bites the dust, as Quibi, the mobile-only streaming service will be stopping all operations as of earlier today.

The company had been BLEEDING money, as it launched back in April earlier this year!

They offered folks the opportunity to have a free trial for three MONTHS, and after that? They lost 90% of their subscribers!

Their twitter content is fantastic though:

https://twitter.com/Quibi/status/1317175876820357122

But Twitter isn’t enough to save the company, and apparently the content, wasn’t that great:

Can we have a Quibi of silence for the network that brought us "The Golden Arm" a show about a woman with a golden arm, who gets "Pulmonary Gold Disease" but refuses to take her arm off and mutters on her death bed "Bury me with my golden arm" ✊😭 https://t.co/RCBbaTyRds

— Ian Hecox (@SmoshIan) October 21, 2020

Although they do have Sasha Velour (Season 9 Winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race) show Nightgowns, there really isn’t much.

As a result many didn’t mourn on socials earlier today:

Final Answer: no.

Quibi is shutting down today. Cannot believe a bad idea with worse execution raised over a billion dollars. https://t.co/Z2RjJGqaVV

— Jomboy (@Jomboy_) October 21, 2020

I did the math and Quibi lasted for exactly 28,584 Quibis.

— Zach Heltzel (@zachheltzel) October 21, 2020

The Social Network but it’s the Quibi people suing each other, both claiming it was not their idea

— Dan Perlman (@danjperlman) October 18, 2020

Hopefully the creators of the show and works will be able to pick up their contracts and leave, but until then, pour one out for Quibi.