Top 20 Worst Product FAILS of the Century (So Far)

well that sucks welcome to watch Mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the worst product fails of the 21st century and I fail and I fail and I fail number 20 zoon some may have fond memories of 2006's Microsoft zoom in fact some may argue that the zoom was better than the Rival Apple iPod especially when it came to its interface and Innovative social sharing features we listen to all our music on the most wonderful device ever created the zoom zoom zoom zoom unfortunately for Microsoft the zoom wasn't quite different enough to the iPod and their marketing simply wasn't aggressive enough and there was some fundamental coding errors too like how first genun models froze because the internal clock couldn't handle a leap year I mean that's not Y2 okay Microsoft that was a bit of a stretch wasn't it the zoom consistently underperformed until it was discontinued in 2012 with Microsoft completely retiring the zoom music download and streaming service in 2015 well the tury thing there makes the songs go up and down made by primitive people number 19 Burger King satis fries the healthy fast food market is a tough nut to crack and Burger King found out the hard way in 2013 when it launched satis fries a healthier alternative to its traditional french fries offering satis fries were made with less porous but which meant they absorbed less oil and were therefore slightly better for you new satis fries from Burger King are you s Fried Burger King struggled to properly convey the difference to its customers which meant they didn't sell very well satisfiers were also more expensive than the regular Burger King fries which probably didn't help either in a rather feeble attempt to promote the new food type in October 2013 Burger King changed its name to fries King on Twitter LOL satisfy this guy satisfy Tammy satisfy freaking everybody number 18 Mobile ESPN no we're not talking about an ESPN app we're talking about an actual ESPN phone the idea behind 2005's mobile ESPN was that sports fans would buy the Sano MVP flip phone flip flip flipadelphia a specially adapted ESPN version of the Sano mm9000 and they would then be able to experience a unique interface with all sorts of stats and scores on the go the first stumbling block here was the phone itself which was expensive at around $400 and it was inferior as an everyday device when compared to models from Nokia and Sony Erikson it's like instant painless access into ESPN customers would also have to pay a costly monthly subscription fee of around $40 understandably the service didn't take off and only lasted about a year it sucked number 17 orcut there was a short period of time where people thought the Google owned orcut was going to be the next big social media thing and knock Myspace off its pitch the orot site was a lot like Myspace allowing users to create their own unique profiles themes add pictures and videos send messages and choose a crush List It launched in 2004 but arguably peaked around 2009 with more than 300 million users so what went so wrong well in a word Facebook I mean it's Facebook it's social media the Simplicity of the Zucker bag Mammoth was just more appealing orot also suffered from privacy issues and controversies surrounding hate group Pages orus was officially shut down in 2014 and well Facebook wasn't number 16 Hines easy squirt ah yes remember this one in the year 2000 Hines injected some fun into our ketchup regime by adding funky colors to the fame condiments and branding it Hines easy squirt um squirt the squirt these colorful saucers wearing instant hits especially with kids who lathered hot dogs Burgers and Fries in blues greens and purples The Fad did wear off quickly however and some were insistent that Hines easy Square bottles just didn't taste like their beloved tomato ketchup and that was probably due to all the food coloring the easy Square run lasted just 6 years although various colored ketchups have reared their head as part of different fast food promotions number 15 Amazon's firep phone the fireone was Amazon's first stab at the smartphone market and at launch in 2014 it aimed to topple the iPhone so what you got on Deck Sky Farm lean in then some Pinterest it was highly anticipated by tech fans everywhere but the enthusiasm didn't last long the Android device received negative press as soon as consumers got their hands on it it's high price tag lack of apps and its largely useless 3D features left phone fans puzzled and annoyed Dynamic perspective reflects the way that we interact with the world naturally the firep phone also had lots of features that steered users towards buying things on the Amazon store which again didn't go down well the fir phone only lasted about a year on the market it comes with Amazon Prime yeah there's so much to watch number 14 Google Lively people like to live live within Virtual Worlds there's a solid trap record of it but Google Lively just wasn't one of those worlds Lively was designed to give users a new way to interact with friends and their avatars via their browsers however controlling your virtual self in Lively was difficult the personalization options were limited and the overall virtual world was just me the platform also only had around 10,000 active users right before it was shut down and many users were doing everything but chatting nicely within the Lively universe come on bro fist me get up in there yeah that's it's definitely not right it launched in its beta iteration in July 2008 and unfortunately didn't make it past that stage Google pulled the plug on its Lively occupants in December of the same year number 13 HP Touchpad HP is still a juggernaut when it comes to Computing but it doesn't have the greatest history with tablet devices we are of course talking about the failed HP Touchpad a device that flops so bad it was pulled from shelves just 49 days after its 2011 launch I'd like you to get rid of that ostrich it's been here a month there were fundamental issues with the touchpad such as lackluster performance not enough apps and a high price tag ranging between $500 to $700 but really its main issue was the existence of the iPad yep apple is here yet again to burst another bubble the iPad cost the same as the touchpad and already had a year of marketing and sales under its belt there was just simply no competition and in no time they had to huet pack it in okay that was it was worse than the Y2K one a bad joke you Grace number 12 Coca-Cola black we've probably all heard of New Coke that flopped in the 80s right and what about Diet Coke plus from 2007 it has all the great refreshing Taste of Diet Coke with added vitamins and antioxidants one Coke variant you might not have heard of however is Coca-Cola black a coffee flavored version of the fizzy beverage the unusual drink launched in 2006 and was discontinued in 2008 and there were several reasons it didn't catch on but the main reason seems to be the taste customers complain that Coca-Cola black had a strong aftertaste and was overly sweet Koke even tried to reformulate the drink for different markets but it didn't really help the brand later introduced Coca-Cola with coffee in 2021 although that face stays similar fate it kind of tastes like salt in the ass number 11 Google Plus this was Google's attempt to take on Facebook and was a natural progression from Google wave another social based foray that flopped in 2012 Google Plus didn't really offer anything particularly unique to Facebook except maybe for a way to group things like friends and photos together using circles it was launched in and initially did pretty well with people everywhere glad to add another string to the bow of their social media Arsenal but like a lot of other social media platforms goog plus just kind of faded Into Obscurity unable to distinguish itself from the Facebook Colossus surprisingly its full decline took a long time with Google plus only being shut down in 2019 number 10 Samsung Galaxy Note 7 the Note 7 was initially seen as a superb iPhone battling where the entry into the smartphone market when it was was launched in 2016 and the note devices before it and the ones that came after it were highly regarded so what went wrong with the Note 7 well shortly after the note 7's launch people started reporting that their devices were overheating Catching Fire and in some cases exploding Americans I don't understand you this dangerous feature was due to a fault with the phone's battery and the issue became so significant that the Department of Transportation made taking game Note 7 on a commercial flight illegal Samsung had to recall around 2 and half million Note 7 devices as a result and the brand lost billions all current products on the market must be recalled number nine Blockbuster Total Access the Blockbuster versus Netflix war is one for the ages and towards the end Blockbuster was just too slow playing cat up against the streaming Giants I've been doing Netflix you know like everybody there was a time in 2006 however that Blockbuster looked like they might overtake their rival with the introduction of Total Access this new scheme copied what what Netflix was doing but with a Twist if online customers return their rentals to a physical store they could receive another rental for free Blockbuster initially saw great success with this but it cost them around $2 a pop eventually the cost caught up with them and when that was compounded by legal issues from Netflix and the reluctance from store franchises to embrace the Total Access Project the initiative ultimately ended up being a big part of why Blockbuster toppled we might as well start looking for other jobs now as if there are any number eight segue launched in 2001 the Segway blew people's minds with its futuristic design which gave highflying City goers a new way to Traverse the urban jungle but no matter how many celebrities and world leaders were seen riding one the segue just didn't take off selling only 140,000 units in its lifetime there were many reasons for this it was too expensive for the mass Market it lacked infrastructure and arguably most importantly it was kind of dangerous it goes backwards and you news stories everywhere told of how how people were injuring themselves in segue related accidents including company owner James hon who died when he rode his segue off a cliff in 2010 found along with his machine In this River near his home in northern England number seven frienda ah yes another social media casualty thanks largely in part to yes you guessed it the popularity of Facebook but friender actually found success a year before Facebook even launched hitting the ground running in 2003 and earning itself millions of subscribers in the first year its downfall was partially due to the rise of Facebook but the company also failed to scale up quick enough to meet subscriber spikes which in turn resulted in slow sight performance friender also failed to keep up with Trends and what competitors like Myspace and Facebook were doing and saw a gradual decline before finally closing up shop in 2015 regardless friender was still one of the very first big mainstream social media sites it was kind of a no-brainer number six Microsoft Kin marketing experts will probably tell you a thousand Reasons why Microsoft's range of kin smartphones failed in 2010 in reality though it's very very simple the kin 1 and two were aimed at the youth Market but they did not support apps I mean what's that about if you wanted to check in and update your social media streams on your kin you had to go through a browser this is in the era of the app happy iPhone oh and by the way the kin smartphones are really expensive to buy as well Microsoft's kin range was discontinued after about a year they in the ocean number five Windows Vista sorry Microsoft last one we promise we just thought we'd roll right on into Windows Vista and get it out of the way Vista launched in 2007 and was a replacement for the wellth thought of Windows XP people were excited but that didn't last very long from the moment it launched people everywhere were pulling out their hair due to incompatibility issues with their current computers despite promises from Windows that that wouldn't happen so Windows 95 was key to its era and Windows Vista is key uh to the era we have today users were forced to upgrade due to increased Hardware requirements and the general Speed and Performance of Vista was well not good loads of Windows users remained on the XP system and refused to switch waiting for things to get better thankfully they did when Windows 7 launched in 2009 this is the clarified Windows this number four Nintendo Wii U the Wii U is a great Innovative console with an awesome games library and it's bookended by the super successful Nintendo Wii and Nintendo switch so what gives well Nintendo's marketing of the Wii U when it was launched in 2012 was just confusing it carried a similar name to the Wii but it wasn't merely an accessory for the way it was a separate console and the controller was also a screen so you could play it handheld but you could also connect it to a TV it's an entirely new console from Nintendo it was kind of like an early iteration of the switch but it didn't seem like the gaming world was ready for it the high price tag didn't help its cuse either H buted popcorn that's a deal number three Apple m apps the relationship between Apple and Google was a little tumultuous around 2009 due to Google not allowing certain features of its Google Maps app on iOS devices Apple's own version of maps was therefore inevitable and when Apple finally brought it to Market in 2012 it was terrible Apple Maps featured out-of-date information misspelled place names and the inability to differentiate from locations that shared the same name things were so bad in fact that Apple's CEO Tim Cook put out a public apology and two Apple employees were laid off Apple Maps has improved a lot since its launch but for many its initial 2012 flop was enough to put them off a life it is long past time to start pretending that this approach doesn't come with a cost number two 3D TV Samsung LG Sony take your pick there were tons of major Tech brands that dipped their toe into the 3D TV market and ultimately came out wondering where it all went wrong the 3D TV height peaked around 2012 just a few years after James Cameron Unleashed avatar on the world people were enjoying 3D movies and live sports events from the comfort of their living rooms thanks to the use of specific displays and glasses but it didn't take long for The Fad to fizzle many got bored of it fast or just couldn't be bothered to fiddle with 3D glasses that sometimes needed charging especially with the rising popularity of ultra clear 4K TVs and curve displays which enhanced the viewing experience with no extra effort required I don't know maybe they'll make a comeback oh yeah who's bad that's right before we continue be sure to subscribe to our Channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos you have the option to be notified for occasional videos or all of them if you're on your phone make sure you go into your settings and switch on notifications number one Google Glass yep we probably all saw this coming but you know what looking at the text specs of the 2013 Google Glass device it's a wonder why it was such a failure I mean who wouldn't want to see emails videos pictures stats and figures floating midair around you like you're some sort of social media Terminator for many of us just like the Segway Google Glass was the embodiment of cool future Tech okay glass take a picture unfortunately the Google Glass product itself just wasn't quite there yet in terms of development upon launch they had rubbish battery life a high price tag privacy and safety issues and of course it made you stand out like a sore Thum when you were using it it simply felt too Niche and underdeveloped and as a result Google Glass just never took off so that's our list did we miss any big blunders of the century let us know in the comments below did you enjoy this video check out these other clips from watch Mojo and be sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest [Music] videos

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Length: 15min 53sec (953 seconds)

Published: Wed Feb 28 2024