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This piece of shit is 400 dollars (hexbear.net)

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[-] buckykat@hexbear.net 24 points 3 weeks ago

There has only ever been one good smartwatch, the pebble, and it failed as a product

[-] CarbonConscious@hexbear.net 18 points 3 weeks ago

It was actually doing pretty well as a product, and they were literally weeks away from releasing the extemely promising new version, but they got hostile-takeovered by Fitbit who was somewhere between threatened by their success and strip-mining the company for patents or staff.

Fitbit immediately shut down the new release.

Then Fitbit got bought by Google, who obviously has their own interests to maintain in that market.

[-] gay_king_prince_charles@hexbear.net 12 points 3 weeks ago

Garmin watches are pretty great. The only piece of running gear other than shoes that has actually made me faster.

[-] BilduEnjoyer@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago

I really like my garmin watch and it doesn’t have a subscription. I use it to monitor my blood pressure because of my POTs. It’s good at warning me if I’m about to pass out.