Agreed that scam implies intent, but it is a hell of an ego trip. They so much wanted to create a new product category on par with the smartphone they could not

Agreed that scam implies intent, but it is a hell of an ego trip. They so much wanted to create a new product category on par with the smartphone they could not admit the right thing to do was pivot to making it a peripheral. Android has all the underlying software, from a secondary screen API for the projector to Google Lens to an AI assistant that they could have done a peripheral that cost 1/3 as much, weighed half, didn't need a midday battery swap, and didn't get burning hot. Samsung would have done that. Maybe they still will.