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

358 points ofalkaed | 3 comments | 11 Oct 25 22:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.763s | source

Just curious and who knows, maybe someone will adopt it or develop something new based on its ideas.
1. smashah ◴[12 Oct 25 11:01 UTC] No.45557234[source]▶
Theranos
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2. symlinkk ◴[12 Oct 25 20:32 UTC] No.45561645[source]▶
Have to agree. This whole procedure of booking an appointment with a GP who then books you an appointment with a lab who then takes your blood is a huge waste of time. The technology is largely there for people to continuously monitor their health in real time, you see this in smartwatches as feature by feature slowly trickles in.
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3. smashah ◴[13 Oct 25 02:13 UTC] No.45564064[source]▶
Their offering is inevitable, at least on a less bombastic scale (e.g a few drops instead of just one).