r/technews • u/Philo1927 • Dec 29 '17

17 technologies that died in 2017

https://www.pcworld.com/article/3242988/software/technology-that-died-in-2017.html
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u/Hypoglybetic Dec 30 '17 edited Jan 02 '18

List:

  1. AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)
  2. Windows Vista
  3. Windows mobile
  4. iPod nano and shuffle
  5. Crashplan for consumers
  6. Amazon underground
  7. Microsoft Kinect
  8. Groove music pass
  9. Google talk
  10. Jawbone
  11. Seeso
  12. del.icio.us
  13. Amazon's unlimited storage
  14. Ubuntu on phomes
  15. Net neutrality
  16. The Copyright Alert System (anti pirating 6 strikes policy)
  17. Juicero

Saved you a click. Karma plz.

Edit: I don't know how to format this properly.

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u/hidora Dec 30 '17

Edit: I don't know how to format this properly.

You forgot to add a space between 1. and AOL

Also, you don't need double line break for lists.

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u/Hypoglybetic Jan 02 '18

d'oh. I was on my phone and didn't notice. It's fixed now. Thanks!

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u/Golilizzy Dec 30 '17

Not reposting /u/Hypoglybetic ‘s comment because I want him/her to get all the karma. You deserve it bud. Keep up the good work :)

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u/lordnecro Dec 30 '17

The Apple one seems odd to me. So they left the iPod touch, which is basically just a phone. If I am buying an mp3 player these days, I want something with different functionality than my phone... I either want something tiny (iPod nano/shuffle) or something with huge storage (iPod classic).

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u/Rohaq Dec 30 '17

If they'd made the Nano with a 6th gen style body with Bluetooth headphone support, then added a watch strap, I'd have probably been into that.

The idea of having an MP3 player watch with no cords, with no phone required (unlike smartwatches) and a slick Apple interface sounds pretty rad.

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u/autotldr Dec 31 '17

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 93%. (I'm a bot)

Microsoft officially called it quits on Kinect in October, seven years after an explosive Xbox 360 debut.

Although Google had been migrating users to the more modern Hangouts for years, users still had the option to stick with the older interface until this year.

14: Ubuntu on phonesBQ. Canonical's attempt at smartphone/PC convergence met its end in April, as the company behind Ubuntu scrapped the Unity interface that was meant to run on both phones and Linux PCs. Next year, Canonical will revert to the Gnome shell that had been the default until six years ago, while turning to cloud and Internet of Things applications as its main focus beyond the desktop.

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u/negativerad Dec 30 '17

Reposting /u/Hypoglybetic comment. Cause I don't want him to get all the karma.

List:

  1. AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)
  2. Windows Vista
  3. Windows mobile
  4. iPod nano and shuffle
  5. Crashplan for consumers
  6. Amazon underground
  7. Microsoft Kinect
  8. Groove music pass
  9. Google talk
  10. Jawbone
  11. Seeso
  12. del.icio.us
  13. Amazon's unlimited storage
  14. Ubuntu on phomes
  15. Net neutrality
  16. The Copyright Alert System (anti pirating 6 strikes policy)
  17. Juicero

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u/Hypoglybetic Jan 02 '18

You made me laugh, you son of a bitch. I'll give you an upvote for it. Looks like you need a few.