Crypto-currencies as something other then speculation and scams.
this post was submitted on 09 Jan 2022
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It's so annoying because the tech behind it all is cool. But no, ppl are just gambling with it.
- smartwatches: flopped hard because they couldn't prove their value over your phone. They're slowly coming back now as companies see their value lies in a few key things like fitness
- smart wear (mostly google, as usual)
- I guess a lot ar / vr stuff was hyped before the tech was really ready and went nowhere
- and as others have mentioned most stuff related to web3 and blockchain
- quibi?
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Google glass, these spying eyeglasses that google made a huge push for back in like 2015. Turns out even then nobody wanted google spying on everything they can see, and going out in public looking like a hailcorporate tool.
That was less so because of the privacy issues and more because they were very experimental but google billed them as viable. If google had stuck to it and fixed the issues I would argue they would be a bit of a thing today.
Facebook is doing it now. In collaboration with Ray Ban. And they have even opened brand new brick and mortar storefronts around this.
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Google glass ๐ ๐
- Zune / Windows phone
- Smart glasses
- GNU Hurd
- Microsoft Silverlight
- Firefox OS / Devices
- (soon) SpaceX / Blue Origin
- Make America Great Again ๐คฃ
What was GNU Hurd?
A kernel made by GNU
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- NFT
- Web3
- Metaverse - Matrix 4 - my opinion
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Web3 was never anything at all. Just a buzzword. Ask people to actually describe what web3 is. Nobody can name anything specific that would be an improvement.
Honestly I think web3 will never hit mainstream, mainly because its inferior in the things that regular people care about, e.g. speed and simplicity
- NFT is already a flop, people steal art to make money out of it.
- Web3 is flop too, Internet has no numbers and decentralization already exist.
- Metaverse is another term for something that already exist.
- Matrix 4 is my own opinion.
It is all trash, I do not see nor I am wrong here. Already posted tons of evidence for this.
Deal with it.
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too soon
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Metaverse
NFTs!
Oh god, where do I even start?
- VidMe and Vlare.
- Vanillo.
- 3D TV's.
- Onecoin.
- XML.
- Ubuntu Touch.
- OS/2 WARP. (unfortunately.)
- Mir and Unity. Not the game engine.
- PeerTube.
- Foldable smartphones.
- Virtual assistants.
- Dual-screen smartphones.
- Ruqqus.
- Zune.
- Windows Phone.
- Firefox OS.
- Silverlight.
- Tru64.
- Theranos.
- ZTE Hawkeye.
- PlayStation Home.
- There.
Virtual assistants weren't as big as expected, but I wouldn't say they flopped.
Also, peertube, foldable smartphones, linux mobile (ubuntu touch might be an exception) are all still in early stages, its a bit early to say they flopped.
To be fair, at least Theranos and Onecoin were outright scams. They were never intended to be the next big thing so much a get even richer quick scheme.
I had to do a double take there. I read Theranos as Thanos the first time around :)
Most if not all of Elon Musks ideas. And that theranos thing that's been in the news.
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Capitalism, it was the new hot shit after feudalism, but it just caused colonialism, imperialism, and mass starvation because there has to be an enormous reserve army of labor. It also leads to cyclical economic collapses which impoverish more people at the bottom while enriching people at the top, creating an oligarchy.
Capitalism sounds like feudalism with extra steps.
liberal democracy
One could arguably say the PC game "Star Citizen". A decade later and close to half a billion raised and still nowhere near completion
Vidme and Vlare, which were both potential alternatives to YouTube but were shut down due to lack of funding.
This starts to make sense when you realize that YouTube was confirmed to NOT be making a making a profit as late as 2015, and potentially still isn't. Apparently, having a profitable video streaming business is just hard.
Ubuntu touch is amazing. If you want a Linux phone, I always give the advice of not getting a Pinephone. A Google Pixel 3a or Oneplus One running Ubuntu touch are faster, more feature packed, and easier than a Pinephone.
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