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Ask HN: Abandoned/dead projects you think died before their time and why?

358 points ofalkaed | 5 comments | 11 Oct 25 22:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.426s | source

Just curious and who knows, maybe someone will adopt it or develop something new based on its ideas.
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fennecbutt ◴[11 Oct 25 22:59 UTC] No.45553430[source]▶
Google Glass. Thanks society.

People always fail to see something that is an inevitability. Humans lack foresight because they don't like change.

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1. nickthegreek ◴[11 Oct 25 23:44 UTC] No.45553786[source]▶
Wild that people would downvote your low stake personal opinion given as a direct ask from OP. I am 100% with you.
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2. bdangubic ◴[12 Oct 25 03:20 UTC] No.45554898[source]▶
yea, crazy, I upvoted just now.

google glass sucks though and glasses will never be a thing. google and meta and … can spend $8T and come up with the most insane tech etc but no one will be wearing f’ing glasses :)

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3. shikon7 ◴[12 Oct 25 03:25 UTC] No.45554926[source]▶
Google Glass was so much before its time, it might be reinvented a few more times and abandoned again before finally becoming a success.
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5. latexr ◴[12 Oct 25 15:11 UTC] No.45558753[source]▶
I don’t think people are downvoting for the mention of Google Glass, but due to the rest of the comment making a value judgement many are sure to disagree with.