Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was still around? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was still around?

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Post by Lathie » Tue, Oct 16, 2018, 2:26 AM UTC

I really wanted a Pebble Time 2 ):

Re: Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was still around?

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Post by appwiz » Tue, Oct 16, 2018, 2:26 AM UTC

fphhotchips wrote: post #6

Google Reader. Now I have a mix of HN, Reddit and GMail, and none of them work really how I like.

Google Reader without a doubt. In my opinion, the demise of RSS started the day Google Reader was killed.

Re: Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was still around?

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Post by thrower123 » Tue, Oct 16, 2018, 2:28 AM UTC

Impressions Games. Made the Caesar, Lords of the Realm, and Civil War General series of games. I put thousands of hours in on those games. Most of them are now on GoG, but my favorite, Civil War Generals 2, is still not, and is very fiddly to get working on modern OSs.

Re: Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was still around?

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Post by masonic » Tue, Oct 16, 2018, 2:28 AM UTC

The Sony digital headset AM/FM radio.

Re: Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was still around?

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Post by jszymborski » Tue, Oct 16, 2018, 2:28 AM UTC

Lathie wrote: post #21

I really wanted a Pebble Time 2 ):

Right behind you. Can't get behind of any of the wearables on the market atm.

Re: Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was still around?

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Post by client4 » Tue, Oct 16, 2018, 2:28 AM UTC

lsr_ssri wrote: post #2

Yahoo Messenger Google Reader

I would have though ICQ or MSN messenger would have been the first one mentioned. Did you end up on Yahoo because all of your friends/contacts were on it?

Re: Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was still around?

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Post by lykr0n » Tue, Oct 16, 2018, 2:28 AM UTC

newnewpdro wrote: post #20

IBM ThinkPads

The Lenovo ThinkPads are surprisingly not that bad

Re: Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was still around?

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Post by jszymborski » Tue, Oct 16, 2018, 2:29 AM UTC

toomuchtodo wrote: post #4

Original Gmail [+]. [+] https://i.imgur.com/aJC5NK1.jpg

Macromedia Fireworks makes a cameo! Talk about nostalgia...

Re: Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was still around?

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Post by rahimnathwani » Tue, Oct 16, 2018, 2:30 AM UTC

Detour (tour guide app)

Re: Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was still around?

#30

Post by jdofaz » Tue, Oct 16, 2018, 2:33 AM UTC

The Kmart that used to be by my house