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

358 points ofalkaed | 2 comments | 11 Oct 25 22:16 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

Just curious and who knows, maybe someone will adopt it or develop something new based on its ideas.
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morshu9001 ◴[12 Oct 25 18:27 UTC] No.45560509[source]▶
- Apple AirPort. Took a long time for advanced wifi solutions that "just work" to fill its place, and those are the Nest/Google things that have bs attached like mic+assistant. Unifi is too hard for consumers.

- Gnome2 dropped from Ubuntu in favor of Unity

- Ford Crown Victoria

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1. al_borland ◴[12 Oct 25 20:57 UTC] No.45561837[source]▶
> Took a long time for advanced wifi solutions that "just work" to fill its place

What is the modern-day successor? You only mentioned what isn't good.

I loved the AirPort routers. I found it odd that Apple exited the market just as everyone else entered.

I ended up getting a Linksys as a troubleshooting step when I was having internet issues. I don't think the AirPort was the issue, but after migrating, it didn't seem worth going back to a router that was effectively end of life.

I still remember many years ago having a Sonos system and calling support due to some issues I was having. When they asked what type of router I had and I mentioned it was an AirPort, they immediately moved on to something else being the issue. The reputation was so solid that support wouldn't even bother troubleshooting it.

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2. morshu9001 ◴[13 Oct 25 01:24 UTC] No.45563781[source]▶
Wish I had an answer. I never ended up buying an easy replacement. When I was in college years back, I set up Unifi for my parents, which did work well but had a weird setup that they had 0 chance of handling if I wasn't visiting home.

Now I just have a single basic wifi+router, no mesh. It doesn't really cover my whole house, but one more AP would do. My parents' house needs more APs to the point where management is a concern.