- Author
- Posted by ColinWright, with replies from many commenters
- Published
- 23 February 2026
- Kind
- Hacker News discussion thread
- Original
- news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47118055
- Subject
- Future of computing
What it is
A comment thread under a submitted blog post. The commenter edent replies there as OP.
What it says
- Commenters enjoy the predictions; many came true, but the fridge that orders food did not.
- Several note the vision relied on public internet terminals, which phones later made less common.
- Commenters call Siri frustrating, and one argues it has regressed.
- Some say the vision's hopeful use of personal data became surveillance and exploitation.
- Rob74 calls strolling through US immigration naive. Edent notes the term is common in the UK.
- Fragmede offers a list of guesses for 2036, including AI and robot maids.
What evidence it gives
The thread offers commenters' opinions and anecdotes with outside links. No data is collected. Some claims, such as why Apple software declined, are speculation.
Interests and limits
The commenters are self-selected and often disagree. The linked blog post and the original vision were not read, only the discussion. The thread has no way to check its anecdotes.