Killed by parent
8 SaaS products that died because they were killed by parent.
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Skype
2003 – 2025
“Redefined calling. Microsoft redefined it out of existence.”
Killed by parent0 people miss this
Google Podcast
2018 – 2024
“Spotify existed. That was the problem.”
Killed by parent3 people miss this
Internet Explorer
1995 – 2022
“The browser you used to download other browsers.”
Killed by parent0 people miss this
iPod
2001 – 2022
“1,000 songs in your pocket. Then your phone had 10,000,000.”
Killed by parent0 people miss this
Google Play Music
2011 – 2020
“Uploaded your music to the cloud. Google deleted the cloud.”
Killed by parent0 people miss this
Google+
2011 – 2019
“90% of sessions lasted less than 5 seconds.”
Killed by parent0 people miss this
Vine
2013 – 2017
“Six seconds was all it needed to change the internet. Zero seconds is what Twitter gave it to survive.”
Killed by parent1 people miss this
Google Reader
2005 – 2013
“The best product Google ever killed.”
Killed by parent0 people miss this