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What is a product that sounded promising but ended up being very underwhelming? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago

These ones I think had drummed up a lot of hype but failed to deliver:

"ai" a.k.a. "Plagiarized Info Synth System". the magic is gone. it doesn't make decisions. hallucinations show how limited it can and doesn't match how it was marketed.
"smart" cars. all the powers (and tracking) of smart phone apps inside your car.
- "smart" ref/ fridge/ icebox. plays skyrim. supposedly orders for you when eggs go out of stock. tracking. dedj in a year or so.
- "smart" tv. more ads. more tracking.
NFT. owning the "receipt" of a digital resource is a funny idea. as long as you aren't the one owning.
- digital ownership. those online and cloud libraries of your music, books, etc. I have seen news of amazon, steam, and others de-listing items here. if you own one of those, they're gone.
"google+". touted fb-killer. nobody was there.
- which leads to: any google product that was scrapped. because google killed it.
hyperloop. vaporware. I mean, we can dream.

below are products that are solely in my opinion and YMMV:

4D movies. oh, seat is vibrating. i got wet.
1gb/2gb/4gb internet. promises up to advertised speeds. flat payment as if said speed was delivered.
iphone. all the bright colors and jumping people on the ad. I don't see iphone owners being high as that. imo, the money i dropped on it is stockholming me -- i love it.
salad. what's all these girls smiling and laughing at their salad?