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Re:Launch HN: SheerlyGenius (YC W18) – Indestructible Tights... by erikig on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @04:14PM (#16379434)
I'm always looking for evidence of planned obsolescense [1] but I didn't realize how effectively it has been implemented by "Big Pantyhose" and that move to buy out and phase out a superior product - deviously brilliant!

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_obsolescence

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Re:Launch HN: SheerlyGenius (YC W18) – Indestructible Tights... by cyberfart on Thursday February 15, 2018 @09:51AM (#16384406)
There are some other examples from Bill Gates/Microsoft in this reddit thread [1].

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/3aicvf/what_vill...

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Re:Launch HN: SheerlyGenius (YC W18) – Indestructible Tights... by rokhayakebe on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @05:54PM (#16380300)
I have another one for you: Google >> Aadvark
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Re:Launch HN: SheerlyGenius (YC W18) – Indestructible Tights... by golem14 on Thursday February 15, 2018 @11:10AM (#16385116)
How is this a good example ? What's the quickly obsolete thing Google pushed to effectively kill Aardvark ?

I'm with you that I'd like some better question answering service, but I don't think it's fair to blame Google for not trying ...

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Re:Launch HN: SheerlyGenius (YC W18) – Indestructible Tights... by petra on Thursday February 15, 2018 @06:58AM (#16383349)
Maybe, you have gathered some info about planned obsolescence ? I find that subject very interesting too.
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