Killed by Apple • Hacker News Board

mholm wrote: post #11

This has a very different feel than similar pages for other companies. Hardware is still supported if it's within age, most of the software features are just elsewhere and renamed, and some of it is just previous generations of products they currently sell? Usually these pages convey how capricious the parent is, but this just feels like an arbitrary accounting of things Apple has moved or updated, with a few of them…

I read some of it as interesting "quick fails" - Apple's BNPL, for instance - I see why they would have tried, and it's interesting that they pivoted relatively quickly out of it.

Some of the text is silly sour grapes, but it always will be with editorial content about tech products.

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Post by siva7 » Mon, May 11, 2026, 2:47 PM UTC

that's a laughably small list for a company the size of apple

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Post by slantedview » Mon, May 11, 2026, 2:48 PM UTC

This list includes some things that were killed then brought back. Seems unfair.

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Post by causasui » Mon, May 11, 2026, 2:48 PM UTC

I don't know what it would take to replace my iPhone SE 3. I can't come to terms with the losing the home button and the fingerprint scan auth.

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Post by kshacker » Mon, May 11, 2026, 2:48 PM UTC

josefritzishere wrote: post #12

My general impression is that Google is more fickle, but just the same I don't think this is a complete list

Not just fickle but their kills impact more.

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Post by austinthetaco » Mon, May 11, 2026, 2:49 PM UTC

andrewmutz wrote: post #8

Hacker news holds Apple and Google to different standards, so I doubt this post will get much traction. (I'm still angry about how I must use an iPhone if I want to be able to text high quality video to people I don't know very well)

unfortunately they hold it in the wrong direction. At least when it comes to updates and feature retention apple is one of the leaders. Even this website posted here shows that most of the software stuff is just rolled into other native apps instead of being abruptly cancelled (lookin at you google) with no recourse where to go.

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Post by cheesecompiler » Mon, May 11, 2026, 2:49 PM UTC

i'll never forget Nothing Real / Apple Shake