• Ulrich@feddit.org
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    3 months ago

    I’m just very unoptimistic that this won’t come back as corporate garbage and not remotely resembling what it once was.

  • Hyrulian@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I ran my Pebble Time into the ground, so I’m hyped as fuck for this. I bought it in my early highschool years and wore it nearly daily until last year when the rumble motor finally gave out. Still wear it from time to time, but it not buzzing for notifications is a bit of a deal breaker for me.

    I bought a replacement and it’s so pristine I didn’t want to risk slowly damaging it at work, but now I’m charging that bitch up and running it into the ground until new Pebble comes out. Thanks for sharing OP, this news made me week!

    Bonus, here’s what mine looked like as of a few years ago right when the vibration went out. You can see I slapped a skin on it to cover up the bezel scratches, but the screen still looks totally fine!

  • Ⓜ3️⃣3️⃣ 🌌@lemmy.sdf.org
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    3 months ago

    Loved my pebble watch, got burned with kickstarter campaign for pebble 2 (bid lost money gone when it was cancelled because fibbit taking over right at this moment).

    Since then I went back to Casio and will not look at a computer on a wrist anymore, not even Apple Watch or repebble.

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    3 months ago

    Never trust or buy something from a Alphabet company. They will always cancel the project and leave you high and dry.

    Their track record speaks for itself.

      • Tire@lemmy.ml
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        3 months ago

        Fitbit bought Pebble then Google bought Fitbit.

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          3 months ago

          Yes, and this has nothing to do with Fitbit or Google (beyond Google open-sourcing the old Pebble code).

          This is not a Google product.

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    3 months ago

    Nothing else ever really achieved what the pebble did. I just wanted a cheap second point of interaction with my phone.

    After it went under the industry has doubled down on insane cost, pointless features, abysmal battery life.

    I don’t get it. Pepple made all the right trade offs and the third party support was incredible.

    I hope this works out.

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      3 months ago

      Does it let you buy stuff?

      I just want a watch that lets me buy stuff, without Google, Apple, or anyone else tracking me. The closest I found is a Pixel watch with WiFi, which I only connect at home, and isn’t connected to my phone most of the time (GrapheneOS). Google still tracks me, but only after the fact, and only when I reconnect to WiFi.

      I honestly don’t care about the watch function, I just want something I can wear when I’m on a bike ride so I can leave my phone and wallet at home but still pick up a snack or something.

      If the Pebble can do that without phoning home, I’ll get it. But I’m pretty sure that’s impossible since it’s baked into the Wallet app.

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        3 months ago

        I hate to be that guy, but if you’re doing NFC payments, your card issuer is tracking you, AND selling your data. And of course, the merchant you’re using is almost certainly tracking you and profiling you for more ads, too.

        There’s no way to do any sort of electronics payment with ‘nobody’ tracking you.

        I trust Apple to be slightly less shitty than anyone else in the payment industry, but if you don’t want to be tracked its’ either cash, or you become one of those Monero dudes.