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by jatins 2250 days ago
Is number mandatory? Can you signup with email?

Also they basically went from IRL centers to full live (they had limited live classes previously but nowhere near this scale, or with celeb instructors) in a matter of couple weeks. Great opportunity to go international with live, however not sure if this is something they can quickly build, or could have foreseen.

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Well, correct me if I am wrong, but I would assume that it takes months of discussions and negotiations to get celebrities to do a training video in the exact format you want. You need directors, lighting, sound and then video editors to cut and place your timers etc (as seen on the app). And then no celebrity comes out willingly saying I want to do this. You have financial and legal discussions and what not. So, I really disagree with you saying that they did this in a matter of weeks. I do agree that the timing to release these couldn't have been any better.
If that was indeed the case with them, then they really had some foresight.

Because this is the 4th week of lockdown here and they didn't have all these celeb classes before that.

Also there isn't a lot of special lightning, direction going in some of those vids. Definitely seems like a non trivial amount of work, though.

You'll still have to verify an India/UAE mobile number.