I think the issue is on who decides it’s a failure.
If it’s a consumer goods we choose to buy or not, we have a yardstick to decide (i.e. does its utility match the price paid?).
For an internal project not even acknowledged in the broad, what’s the yardstick?
The expectations we have based on our imaginations and dreams about the potential product and its timeline ?
Perhaps Apple sees it as failing the original goal, but really who knows ? (and to be honest why do we care what Apple thinks about it)
If it’s a consumer goods we choose to buy or not, we have a yardstick to decide (i.e. does its utility match the price paid?).
For an internal project not even acknowledged in the broad, what’s the yardstick? The expectations we have based on our imaginations and dreams about the potential product and its timeline ?
Perhaps Apple sees it as failing the original goal, but really who knows ? (and to be honest why do we care what Apple thinks about it)