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| Snapchat Releases First Hardware Product, Spectacles (wsj.com) | ||
| recommended by 1 user | 2016 | 333 points by Doubleguitars | gadgets | original thread | | ||
| One user recommended this thread. What they said: |
| jonahx Oct 29, 2017 | on: Why Snapchat Spectacles failed | context |
| Also recommended by people who recommended this: | ||
| 1. | “I have a few qualms with this app:” (comment) | |
| recommended by 325 users | 2007 | BrandonM on: My YC app: Dropbox - Throw away your USB drive | aged poorly | original thread | | ||
| 2. | “Watch the promo video again and pretend it's the first few minutes of a horror movie.” (comment) | |
| recommended by 1 user | 2014 | jwallaceparker on: Amazon Echo | original thread | | ||
It's interesting to go back and re-read the overwhelmingly positive predictions HN users made when Spectacles were announced:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12569182
and compare those to the "it was obviously going to fail" responses here.