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Pebble's Founder Is Pushing the Anti-Apple Watch, and He Doesn't Need You to Care (gizmodo.com)

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Eric Migicovsky, leader of the revived Pebble, is making smartwatches for himself. You're just along for the ride.

"Apple makes it incredibly difficult for third-party devices to interact with things like iMessage or Siri or any of the built-in features on iOS," Migicovsky told Gizmodo in a freewheeling video interview. "And that sucks. That sucks for competition. That sucks for innovation. That sucks for price."

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[–] Noodles4dinner@hexbear.net 0 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

No one needs an apple watch and no one needs this.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Translated: "I don't want this and cannot imagine other people being different than me"

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

i think they succeeded in making it fashion, like traditional watches. other than tracking exercise or health and stuff, i can't think of a use for it that isn't gimmicky rn.

it ends up being a notification buzzer for your phone while most people could use less notifications.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago

Cause then if you actually want to see a notification you need to take the phone out of your pocket. That's too much work.