I think the best example is the PlayStation 2 being discontinued in 2013, as well the PlayStation 1 in 2006

  • @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    16
    edit-2
    4 days ago

    I’m old enough to remember when iPods first came out but somehow I didn’t realise podcast came from the word iPod. TIL!

    • @flubba86
      link
      6
      edit-2
      3 days ago

      Apple didn’t invent the concept of podcasts, but they sure popularized them. They used to be called syndicated audio, and were pretty niche. Then Apple added it as a feature of iTunes. The idea was that because your iPod didn’t have any wifi or data connection, you couldn’t listen to new content while out and about. So you would plug your iPod into your computer with iTunes to sync down all the latest content before you leave for the day. Then they needed feeds of new content to provide to the users, so lots of new episodicals were started, and Apple grouped them under the umbrella of “podcasts”.

        • @flubba86
          link
          33 days ago

          Yeah, it was (and still is) a feature that was added to the RSS protocol.