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 Ninjaneered » Tue, Oct 16, 2018, 2:33 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 for sure. I use Feedly now, but it lacks the social aspect GR had.

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

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

Snapple Elements (beverage)

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

#33

Post by jdlyga » Tue, Oct 16, 2018, 2:35 AM UTC

I really miss AIM. It's great having real-time conversations with people you know are online. Facebook Messenger is similar, but it doesn't fill quite the same need.

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

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Post by notatoad » Tue, Oct 16, 2018, 2:36 AM UTC

chasedehan wrote: post #12

Haagen-Dazs black cherry amaretto gelato

Oh, shit, that was discontinued? I thought my grocery store just ran out.

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

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Post by derekp7 » Tue, Oct 16, 2018, 2:36 AM UTC

lykr0n wrote: post #27

newnewpdro wrote: post #20

IBM ThinkPads

The Lenovo ThinkPads are surprisingly not that bad

But they get worse every generation. Sometimes they undo something horrible (like when they replaced the function keys with a touch strip on the X1 Carbon, or got rid of the track pad mouse buttons), but other mistakes remain (like changing the keyboard to the same style as everyone else, instead of the Selectric Typewrite shaped keys). And they used to be the poster child for good Linux support, but that's starting to drift away also (things like the fingerprint reader).

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

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Post by dplgk » Tue, Oct 16, 2018, 2:36 AM UTC

Pownce

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

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Post by IdontRememberIt » Tue, Oct 16, 2018, 2:41 AM UTC

Ninjaneered wrote: post #31

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 for sure. I use Feedly now, but it lacks the social aspect GR had.

There is a "halfbacked" function on the mobile phone (ios only?) version which is "Explore". It seems to be curated by editors. Would be interesting to have something based on your consumption or subscriptions.

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

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Post by acemarke » Tue, Oct 16, 2018, 2:42 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.

BazQux is an excellent replacement for Google Reader. One of the rare products I'm happy to pay for consistently: https://bazqux.com .

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

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Post by _ix » Tue, Oct 16, 2018, 2:44 AM UTC

krackers wrote: post #18

Palm/HP WebOS

I loved my Palm Pre.

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

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Post by seattle_spring » Tue, Oct 16, 2018, 2:44 AM UTC

Blizzard Entertainment, back when they made well-written atmospheric games instead of e-sports garbage.