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.
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.
I am pretty sure that the head of our repair group was using some Google glasses for some motor repair training. The teachers were remote and the Google glasses were their eyes for reviewing the progress of the trainees.
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- 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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- 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
Need more?
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
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Metaverse
NFTs!
Most if not all of Elon Musks ideas. And that theranos thing that's been in the news.
Which of musk's ideas were going to be big but flopped? I can't think of any.
With Elon, it's easy to give examples, because he could brush his teeth and will claim it's going to revolutionize everything. The hyperloop proposed 10 years ago was supposed to revolutionize transportation and get you between SF and LA in an hour. It's totally dead in the water now.
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Whatever the fuck the tesla tunnel is called.
Assuming Musk actually had any original ideas.
The Las Vegas Loop
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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.
Also, why XML? It's used everywhere.
I had to do a double take there. I read Theranos as Thanos the first time around :)
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The Internet as a tool for empowerment of the weak against the powerful, as medium for enhancing democratic participation, as an opportunity to better exercise and protect fundamental freedoms.
Turned out to be a militarized space, a tool for mass surveillance and the spreading of disinformation campaigns, in the hand of a few gigantic actors (funded by In-Q-Tel or otherwise connected to the USG...)
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. The only reason that Google can do it is because they're rich AF and can afford to do the shotgun method of continuing to operate it at a loss for a long time and hope it becomes profitable eventually.
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PeerTube :(
Huh? Peertube is probably the second strongest activitypub based project after Mastodon, at least going by fediverse stats.
Youtube and Twitter are bigger, but I think the fediverse is a long term project, and organic, active and growing userbase, meeting real use cases, attracting development all while fulfilling an underlying vision are the criteria for success, and I think it's pretty good on those measures.
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