Oh god, where do I even start?
- VidMe and Vlare.
- Vanillo.
- 3D TV's.
- Onecoin.
- XML.
- Ubuntu Touch.
- OS/2 WARP. (unfortunately.)
- Mir and Unity. Not the game engine.
- PeerTube.
- Foldable smartphones.
- Virtual assistants.
- Dual-screen smartphones.
- Ruqqus.
- Zune.
- Windows Phone.
- Firefox OS.
- Silverlight.
- Tru64.
- Theranos.
- ZTE Hawkeye.
- PlayStation Home.
- There.
To be fair, at least Theranos and Onecoin were outright scams. They were never intended to be the next big thing so much a get even richer quick scheme.
Also, why XML? It's used everywhere.
I had to do a double take there. I read Theranos as Thanos the first time around :)
Virtual assistants weren't as big as expected, but I wouldn't say they flopped.
Also, peertube, foldable smartphones, linux mobile (ubuntu touch might be an exception) are all still in early stages, its a bit early to say they flopped.
Crypto
Please specify which "crypto"?
Cryptography is doing just fine, thank you very much. I presume you meant "cryptocurrency" here?
Metaverse
Capitalism, it was the new hot shit after feudalism, but it just caused colonialism, imperialism, and mass starvation because there has to be an enormous reserve army of labor. It also leads to cyclical economic collapses which impoverish more people at the bottom while enriching people at the top, creating an oligarchy.
Capitalism sounds like feudalism with extra steps.
Most if not all of Elon Musks ideas. And that theranos thing that's been in the news.
Which of musk's ideas were going to be big but flopped? I can't think of any.
