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What makes you think the products he mentions were “hacker toys”? They were consumer products just the same.
by jiofih 6y ago
What makes you think the products he mentions were “hacker toys”? They were consumer products just the same.
- catherd 6y agoSome of them were consumer products. But they lost out (probably) because they were more like something a technical person would want and less like something made for a consumer. Would you frame the reasons they failed differently? If TikTok users and gamers needed long battery life and elegant scripting tools we would have them. But they don't.
- pjc50 6y agoPsion in particular had a huge business following. Mind you, so did Blackberry.