13 times companies killed products too soon and broke our hearts

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flip camera

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The Flip video camera.

Tech will break your heart.

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For every Microsoft Windows, Apple iPhone, Google search bar, or Amazon Kindle, there are so many apps, services, and games that get killed before we're ready to let them go.

Sometimes, like the Flip video camera, these products die because of an acquisition gone awry. Sometimes, like Google Reader, they die simply because not enough people use them. Regardless, they're gone.

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Here are 13 times companies broke our hearts by destroying something that lots of people loved.