Worst Tech Products
Was loking at Slashdot articles and it shows this very interesting writeup on the worst Tech product.
Of which I had the Tamagotchi.
Tamagotchi
Created in 1996 by Aki Maita, Tamagotchi made manufacturer Bandai an absolute fortune. It was hugely successful and spawned countless clones. It was the must-have toy of its day. Why is it an example of terrible tech? Because it was intensely irritating.You looked after a tiny pixellated cretin who, after eating a variety of oversized meals, left piles of dung in one corner of his screen, each as large as the creature it came from. Owners could then punish the little swine or feed it more food. It would also wake up at 7am demanding you clean the huge load it created while you were sleeping.
The little beggars disrupted classroom after classroom, caused fights in the playground and even spawned nanny services — where unemployed housewives charged kids their pocket money to look after the useless bastards while their owners were at school.
Nothing this pointless should be spared the stinging lash of geek revisionism, regardless of its commercial success.
Man, go easy on the toy. It is after all a toy and it was a very successful toy for the matter of fact. But at least it was not as bad as the last item on the list…
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