Today, we’re sunsetting JPEG.
What started as a simple idea became an incredible learning experience. Over the past months, hundreds of you joined the beta, shared feedback, tested new features, and helped shape the product.
While we’re proud of what we built, we’ve decided not to continue operating JPEG in its current form/ product.
Building consumer products is never a straight line. Sometimes the right decision is not to push forward, but to step back and take the lessons learned into whatever comes next.
To everyone who supported us, tested the app, and believed in the vision: thank you. We couldn’t have done it without you.
The app will be winding down, effective immediately. We will be pivoting and exploring new form factors/ products.
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@sharepluse The core idea wasn’t the problem, we still believe in the vision. But after building, testing, and speaking with users, we realized the product needed fundamental changes rather than incremental improvements.
We’re taking these lessons forward.
In our first week of beta, 250 of you earned access and jpegged all week. thank you fr ❤️
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