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I agree with you.

This very much reminds me of Apple's Newton. It was actually quite amazing given the technical constraints imposed on making something to be shipped in volume, but not only was it underpowered for what it tried to be, the "killer app" for mobile devices would turn out to be wireless internet connectivity, and the world simply wasn't ready for that yet.

Apple started Newton development in 1987, killed it in 1997 when Jobs returned, and launched iPhone in 2007, arguably the biggest consumer product hit in history.

I'm rooting for Meta's demise, but history shows that it's quite possible for a company to try something, fail spectacularly, but come back and get it right when the universe catches up to the ambition.

Then again, Palm launched their first device in 1996, and had a big hit. But by the end of 2011, they were done. There are no guarantees that the company creating a market will be the one to profit from it.