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[-] Jrockwar@feddit.uk 116 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh that's rich. So what they're saying is somehow every other smartwatch company can engineer not only a way to solve the technical limitations, but a full smartwatch in under three years, while one of the most powerful tech companies somehow thought "naah, connecting to android is a lot more difficult than a self driving car or a VR headset with an integrated computer and video passthrough, we better shelve that idea".

Yeah ok Apple.

[-] Drinvictus@discuss.tchncs.de 60 points 1 year ago

Oh I'm sure they "tried" in a very circuitous, unfavorable, nobody-would-ever-have-agreed-to-this way.

Kind of like saying "can I download my indie game to your computer and also kick you in your genitals with a spiky boot?"

Before anyone tries pointing out that's not exactly how it would have happened, I suggest you look up "hyperbole"

[-] umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml 59 points 1 year ago

"trying"

Nice try, Apple.

[-] stardust@lemmy.ca 29 points 1 year ago

They tried thinking about it and decided nah.

[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 year ago

if google can bring android wear to ios then apple could bring apple watch to android easily

[-] shiveyarbles@beehaw.org 12 points 1 year ago

Lol the only way they'd do that is if they could force playstore to pay 30%

[-] rufus@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Uh, is that the response to Google saying Apple is blocking their Google "AirTags" a few days ago?

[-] EarMaster@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

We were really trying hard, but there were no Android devices with FireWire 400 port available so we couldn't connect to our developer team's hardware...

[-] Eheran@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

3 years doing what? 0 effort to have exactly what we see here now?

[-] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

One marketing guy had 10 minutes per week to work on it.

[-] 18_24_61_b_17_17_4@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Does anyone on Android even want an Apple watch? Seems like they'd have an iPhone at that point as well.

[-] CynicRaven@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I don't know the answer to that, exactly, but I see shit loads of people with Android phones using air pods.

[-] wolfpack86@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I would. I'm not a fan of the watches any other company is putting out. Samsung has come close but limited certain features like ecg to samsung only phones. (Which also sounds like monopoly powers...)

[-] lengau@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

Two use cases I can think of immediately

  1. Someone with an Apple watch who bought an Android phone
  2. Someone with an Android phone who's curious about Apple's ecosystem
[-] style99@kbin.social -3 points 1 year ago

To be fair, Apple engineers are pretty stupid.

[-] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

They really aren't. As much as I hate Apple, their engineers are skilled people kneecapped by corporate decisions.

[-] Neon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Not the Software Engineers though.

Apple is pretty low-Paying for industry standards which means that a lot of people work there for their Resume and then move on

Or at least that was the case a few years ago.

[-] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

We still shouldn't attack the software engineers for what is a management problem.

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