My mind initially goes to the Apple Vision Pro. A lot of people spend time pointing out what the first generation of the product doesn't do (yet), and while they appreciate all the good things it has that are true next-gen capabilities, they give nearly equal time to the things it doesn't do well yet.

I find that this is really common in putting something new out there, that if it's new enough the majority of the focus is on the pieces that seem scary, don't work as well as we think it should work, or is missing something that can be added on later. We assess new ideas and products of a new generation against our understanding of often lesser products of a former generation, and are all too quick to throw the baby out with the bathwater.

As the article states, it's rare that folks can look past critical appraisals of new things and understand that with continued work on the product, feature, app, etc. it can turn into something special.