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What was supposed to be "The Next Big Thing", but totally flopped? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by AltF2@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

To be fair, at least Theranos and Onecoin were outright scams. They were never intended to be the next big thing so much a get even richer quick scheme.

Also, why XML? It's used everywhere.

[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago

I had to do a double take there. I read Theranos as Thanos the first time around :)