Hindsight Regret

Comments lamenting that a company, project, or individual should have taken a specific action, announcement, or decision much earlier to avoid current issues or capitalize on opportunities, often noting it's too late now.

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Sample Comments

jules-jules Aug 2, 2023 View on HN

Wish this would have gained traction here but too late now.

nprateem May 29, 2024 View on HN

Maybe they should have mentioned this at the time

rednerrus Nov 20, 2018 View on HN

If only someone had something about this a year ago...

WalterBright Jul 5, 2017 View on HN

I understand your sentiment. It certainly would have been better to go all the way at the time.

macmac Sep 2, 2016 View on HN

My guess would be that if they intended to do so they would have done it earlier.

photonbeam Dec 23, 2023 View on HN

They should have done this long ago, they missed the boat

Animats Dec 10, 2016 View on HN

It's too bad someone didn't do this years ago. We could have avoided much pain.

isseu Sep 8, 2016 View on HN

They could have done this long ago..

bradmccarty Feb 4, 2011 View on HN

If only someone had thought of that before, eh?

theonething Oct 6, 2021 View on HN

Might have been better if you said that upfront.