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Type of site | Content-sharing |
|---|---|
| URL | www |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 2013 |
| Current status | Defunct as of July 31, 2019 |
Rabbit, also known as Rabb.it, was a video streaming website and mobile application. Launched in 2014, and based in California, United States, the service enabled multiple people to remotely browse and watch the same content in real-time.[1]
A host could create a room, invite others to it (or, alternatively, set it to public so the room appeared on the site's homepage for anyone to join), and share content using a virtual computer called a "Rabbitcast," or using the Google Chrome extension "Share on Rabbit." Whatever content the host opened was displayed to the other users in the room[1] along with audio and video. Rabbit offered text and video chat alongside this functionality.[2]
Unlike other popular streaming websites such as YouTube and Netflix, Rabbit did not host the content viewed on it. Instead, Rabbit streamed a virtual computer (Rabbitcast) with a browser, which could then be used to navigate to other websites and content. A Rabbitcast was a Rabbit-hosted, shared Firefox browser that could be viewed and controlled by anyone within the room.[3][4] The built-in web browser had an ad-blocker pre-installed.[5]
- ^ a b "Rabbit lets you remotely watch online videos with your friends". VentureBeat. 2018-11-08. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
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- ^ Ravenscraft, Eric (1 August 2015). "Rabbit Lets You Watch Netflix, YouTube, Browse the Web with Friends". Lifehacker. Retrieved 2019-04-14.