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Re:Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing? by capkutay on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @06:49PM (#21986581)
Remember when the airpods first came out? SNL, Conan O'Brian, all of twitter were basically dragging it through the mud and making a mockery of them. 3 years later you can't walk around a major city or airport without seeing a significant amount of people using them.
Re:Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing? by tootie on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @07:36PM (#21986971)
People made fun of pagers, cell phones and bluetooth headsets pretty relentlessly too.
Re:Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing? by psteinweber on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @01:42PM (#21994411)
And the Tesla Cybertruck. I would bet on it falling in the exact same category: Being a Meme first, and a huge success later.
Re:Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing? by filoleg on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @07:51PM (#21987079)
Don’t forget about that one big fad called “internet”.