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

358 points ofalkaed | 1 comments | 11 Oct 25 22:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.308s | 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. spooky_deep ◴[12 Oct 25 07:56 UTC] No.45556235[source]▶
At least with a smartphone it’s pretty clear when someone is filming you. Google Glass was too much of an enabler for creeps.