Not just lose money but was ridiculed. The Apple Watch and Airpods made Apple the laughing stock when they came out but fast forward a few years and the Apple Watch is the most successful smart watch out there and every other tech company is trying to mimic the success that the Airpods had down to getting rid of the headphone jack.
Exactly the point. The first iPod was exactly what the slashdotters called it - mostly useless. It took them 2 years to get useful functionality (USB and Windows support) and another 2 years to leave everything else behind in the dust on aesthetics and UX.
