These ones I think had drummed up a lot of hype but failed to deliver:

• “ai” a.k.a. “Plagiarized Info Synth System”. the magic is gone. it doesn’t make decisions. hallucinations show how limited it can and doesn’t match how it was marketed.

• “smart” cars. all the powers (and tracking) of smart phone apps inside your car.

  • “smart” ref/ fridge/ icebox. plays skyrim. supposedly orders for you when eggs go out of stock. tracking. dedj in a year or so.

  • “smart” tv. more ads. more tracking.

• NFT. owning the “receipt” of a digital resource is a funny idea. as long as you aren’t the one owning.

  • digital ownership. those online and cloud libraries of your music, books, etc. I have seen news of amazon, steam, and others de-listing items here. if you own one of those, they’re gone.

• “google+”. touted fb-killer. nobody was there.

  • which leads to: any google product that was scrapped. because google killed it.

• hyperloop. vaporware. I mean, we can dream.

below are products that are solely in my opinion and YMMV:

• 4D movies. oh, seat is vibrating. i got wet.

• 1gb/2gb/4gb internet. promises up to advertised speeds. flat payment as if said speed was delivered.

• iphone. all the bright colors and jumping people on the ad. I don’t see iphone owners being high as that. imo, the money i dropped on it is stockholming me – i love it.

• salad. what’s all these girls smiling and laughing at their salad?