Omegle Shut Down After 14 Years. Read Founder Leif K-Brooks' Full Statement (www.timesnownews.com)
from L4s@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world on 09 Nov 2023 20:00
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Omegle Shut Down After 14 Years. Read Founder Leif K-Brooks’ Full Statement::Omegle has shut down after 14 years, the founder Leif K-Brooks announced in a statement on Wednesday. He explained that the costs of managing the platform and combating its misuse have become overwhelming, making it financially and emotionally unsustainable to continue operating Omegle., Technology & Science News, Times Now

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treesquid@lemmy.world on 09 Nov 2023 20:11 next collapse

This link is absolute cancer on mobile, unusable

jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de on 09 Nov 2023 20:37 collapse

Luckily www.omegle.com has the exact same text, it’s the actual source, and it works fine on mobile.

chepox@sopuli.xyz on 09 Nov 2023 21:23 next collapse

What a bummer… This site was so cool. Prone to misuse of course but cool nonetheless. Sad to read the reasoning behind closing this one off.

terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 09 Nov 2023 22:25 next collapse

Well dang, there goes some of the best The Doo’s content =\

PandaPikachu@lemmy.world on 09 Nov 2023 23:45 next collapse

Guess that explains why Harry Mack is stopping Omegle Bars.

Mac@mander.xyz on 09 Nov 2023 23:57 collapse

“If society robs women of their rights to bodily autonomy and self-expression based on the actions of rapists – even if it does so with the best intentions in the world – then society is practically doing the work of rapists for them.”

Well said.