costs to maintain software and add features…
…and shareholders to please…
Arguably the bigger cost sink.
Comment on Apple Watch Shipments’ Continuous Decline
oakey66@lemmy.world 3 days ago
It’s also likely driven down by non stop paywalling of features. Consumers like myself are just exhausted. I am only looking for non paywalls devices going forward and if those go away, then I’m going to be done with smart devices. I can’t keep paying hundreds to a thousand dollars for a device only to not be able to get the features of that device unless I keep throwing money at a company. I know they have costs to maintain software and add features but I can’t have perpetual costs on everything I buy.
lupusblackfur@lemmy.world 3 days ago
oakey66@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Most definitely.
Reyali@lemm.ee 3 days ago
I’m trying to think of what Apple Watch features are paywalled and other than buying apps that aren’t necessary or a part of the core device, I’m not thinking of anything. Are there particular features you’re thinking of?
oakey66@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Comparing to Garmin where I get daily workout recommendations based on your sleep and recovery. From what I’ve seen the workouts are behind the paywall.
Reyali@lemm.ee 3 days ago
Ah, so there is a subscription for guided workout sessions through Apple Fitness. I have that as a part of my subscription and it doesn’t have any kind of recommendation feature though; it’s just a subscription to watch guided workout sessions if you want to go seek them out.
The watch still has all of the health and workout tracking features available without it. Garmin is slated as more of a fitness-based watch so it doesn’t surprise me they might have different features than the Apple Watch does.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 2 days ago
that’s more like an added perk from garmin. I’d hardly consider workout plans a core feature of a watch.
oakey66@lemmy.world 2 days ago
That is absolutely a core feature of Garmin not just a perk. The fact that Apple didn’t include it while doing explicit commercials for biking, running, and swimming was definitely to make it seem like it’s direct competition.