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The lesson is that cheap mass produced Chinese shit wins every time over complicated hacker dreams.

https://www.androidauthority.com/xiaomi-apple-europe-report-...

I don't know why that project died but I'm not surprised. It reminds me of how smart phones used to have removable batteries and were easier to replace parts for but many consumers preferred to buy slim phones that couldn't be opened.

While true the loss of removable batteries wasn't in isolation. Apple led the charge with a product offering a lot of other advantages, then once they had a moat of network effects and walled garden, it caught on elsewhere.

Yeah, I used to work for BlackBerry and watched the whole thing unwind in slow motion. BB focused on the wrong things and had shit software. (And I say this as a person responsible for writing said shit software)

Maybe simplest is best: Google, the company with pockets deep enough to develop and market Glass, couldn't see the business proposition in Ara.

You sent me to a mobile link; ironic. I happen to be browsing on a GPC.