There seem to be so many people on HN and elsewhere who are interested in ambient data displays, but they never catch on with the masses.

My favorite one was called Statusboard. It was an iOS app from Panic (yes, THAT Panic) which turned a spare iPad into an ambient data display.

Configuration was easy, and on mine I showed RSS feeds, mail information, weather and more.

I used it on an old outdated iPad I had laying around. Other people I knew did the same, but hooked it up with the lightning → HDMI wire to 40-inch flat screens they had left over when everyone upgraded to 4K.

Sadly, Panic EOLed it years ago. Which is a shame because that happened right about the time that surplus iPads and cheap flat-screen TVs became a thing.

Now, with so much legacy display tech headed to landfills, I wish some iOS developer would make a similar app and make a dent in the flow of e-waste.