Killed by indifference

Nobody bought it. The most common cause of death by a wide margin, and the least dramatic.

29 entries, shortest-lived first.

  1. Coca-Cola SpicedFebruary 2024 → 2024 · Food & Drinkunder a year
  2. OK Soda1994 → 1995 · Food & Drinkabout 11 months
  3. Orbitz1997 → 1998 · Food & Drinkabout 11 months
  4. Virtual Boy1995 → 1996 · Consumer Hardwareabout 11 months
  5. Crystal Pepsi1992 → 1993 · Food & Drink · Revivedabout a year
  6. Amazon Fire Phone2014 → September 2015 · Consumer Hardwareabout a year
  7. Atari JaguarNovember 1993 → 1996 · Consumer Hardwareabout 2 years
  8. EdselSeptember 1957 → November 1959 · Vehiclesabout 2 years
  9. Google Stadia19 November 2019 → 18 January 2023 · Software & Services3y 1m
  10. Google Wave2009 → April 2012 · Software & Servicesabout 3 years
  11. Mixer2017 → 22 July 2020 · Software & Servicesabout 3 years
  12. Google Daydream View2016 → 15 October 2019 · Consumer Hardwareabout 3 years
  13. Pontiac Aztek2000 → 2005 · Vehiclesabout 5 years
  14. KinectNovember 2010 → October 2017 · Consumer Hardwareabout 6 years
  15. PlayStation VitaDecember 2011 → March 2019 · Consumer Hardwareabout 7 years
  16. Yahoo PipesFebruary 2007 → 30 September 2015 · Software & Servicesabout 8 years
  17. Hi-C Ecto Cooler1987 → 2001 · Food & Drink · Revivedabout 14 years
  18. Airbus A38025 October 2007 → 16 December 2021 · Vehicles14y 1m
  19. Yahoo AnswersDecember 2005 → 4 May 2021 · Software & Servicesabout 15 years
  20. Segway Personal Transporter3 December 2001 → 15 July 2020 · Consumer Hardware18y 7m
  21. AOL Instant MessengerMay 1997 → 15 December 2017 · Software & Servicesabout 20 years
  22. Wispa1981 → 2003 · Food & Drink · Revivedabout 21 years
  23. ICQNovember 1996 → 26 June 2024 · Software & Servicesabout 27 years
  24. Trabant1957 → 30 April 1991 · Vehiclesabout 34 years
  25. Tab1963 → December 2020 · Food & Drinkabout 57 years
  26. Volkswagen Beetle (Type 1)1945 → 30 July 2003 · Vehiclesabout 58 years
  27. Studebaker1902 → 17 March 1966 · Vehiclesabout 64 years
  28. Mercury1938 → 4 January 2011 · Vehiclesabout 73 years
  29. Oldsmobile1897 → 29 April 2004 · Vehiclesabout 107 years

Also a factor in

These died of something else first, with this contributing.

  1. Google Glass (consumer edition)April 2013 → 19 January 2015 · Killed by scandalabout a yearConsumer Hardware
  2. Google+28 June 2011 → 2 April 2019 · Killed by scandal7y 9mSoftware & Services
  3. Chevrolet Volt15 December 2010 → 15 February 2019 · Killed by one executive8y 2mVehicles
  4. Ford Model TOctober 1908 → 26 May 1927 · Killed by a successorabout 18 yearsVehicles
  5. SkypeAugust 2003 → 5 May 2025 · Killed by a successorabout 21 yearsSoftware & Services
  6. Saab Automobile1949 → 19 December 2011 · Killed by costabout 62 yearsVehicles
  7. Plymouth1928 → 28 June 2001 · Killed by mergerabout 73 yearsVehicles
  8. Howard Johnson's restaurants1925 → March 2022 · Killed by a successorabout 97 yearsPlaces & Institutions