If there's one thing users fear most, it's their favorite product or service being shut down in the wake of an acquisition by a bigger company. This week saw the demise of another, and we have Dropbox to blame.
Snapjoy announced Saturday that its popular app and accompanying service are going away, only six months after being acquired by Dropbox. While the service hasn't accepted new signups since the December deal was announced, existing users have been able to use Snapjoy -- until this weekend.
"After two years of building Snapjoy, the time has come for us to shut down the service," the brief blog post explains. "It's been a journey unlike anything we'd imagined, and we can't thank you enough for your support and input along the way.
"As of today, June 22nd, no more photos can be imported into Snapjoy and the Snapjoy iPhone app will no longer be available," the post continues. "Your photos will be available to download until July 24th from the website. After July 24th, all photos and data will be permanently deleted."
Snapjoy users are encouraged to visit this link to login and download a ZIP file containing their photos, and now the wait begins to see if Dropbox has done something cool with the service…
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