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143 entries
Microsoft
Internet Explorer
1995–2022 · 27 yrs
The browser that won the first war and lost the next three. Retired in favor of Chromium Edge.
Microsoft
Mixer
2016–2020 · 4 yrs
Beam, then Mixer. Ninja’s exclusive did not move the culture. Twitch remained home.
X (Twitter)
Crashlytics (Twitter era)
2011–2017 · 6 yrs
The crash reporter Twitter owned via Crashlytics/Fabric, then sold. Still alive — just not at X.
Google Offers
2011–2013 · 2 yrs
Google’s Groupon clone, launched at the peak of daily-deal mania and gone with the bubble.
X (Twitter)
Legacy verification
2009–2022 · 13 yrs
The blue check as a signal of identity, not payment. Retired when checks went on sale.
Google Reader
2005–2013 · 8 yrs
The RSS reader a generation of journalists and power users treated as a daily driver. Killed as RSS faded and Google chased social.
Apple
iChat
2002–2012 · 10 yrs
Bonjour and AIM bubbles on the Mac. Became Messages when iMessage needed a desktop home.
X (Twitter)
Twitter Moments
2015–2022 · 7 yrs
Curated story-packs of tweets. Editorial Twitter in an app that hates editors.
Apple
Lisa
1983–1985 · 2 yrs
The first Apple GUI computer, priced into oblivion so the Macintosh could live.
X (Twitter)
Revue
2021–2023 · 2 yrs
A newsletter tool Twitter bought to keep writers on-platform. Killed after the ownership change.
Google Trips
2016–2019 · 3 yrs
Offline travel itineraries from Gmail reservations. Folded into Maps and Assistant.
Apple
AirPort Extreme
2003–2018 · 15 yrs
Apple’s routers and Time Capsule. Left the networking business to specialists.
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