I have a rule: I never preorder anything. I broke that rule recently. www.repebble.com
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BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 1 month ago
All I want is a smartwatch which will let me own all my personal health data, I don’t want to get locked in to some monthly subscription just to access my own health metrics
rmuk@feddit.uk 1 month ago
ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Their website has a question at the bottom “Are you still interested in Pebble?” And if you click yes, it’ll show you their new models, but there’s also a button for No, which takes you to Google’s latest smart watch.
BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I mean this project was made by Google engineers (some of whom are ex Pebble engineers) so it’s not exactly a unbiased decision to link to Google smart watches
Jarix@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Someone else has it direct then to Apple store. They were on a Mac. They figure it’s user agent based and not Google being Google
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The only reason Pebble has come back is that Google agreed to open source the software after the original pebble founder pleaded with them.
This is probably a cheap “thank you” for that.
Pebble in its current state is absolutely not a big tech megacorp lol
JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
It sent me to the Apple Watch. I have a Mac, so it’s probably using the User Agent.
edent@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Get something which works with GadgetBridge. You’ll be in complete control.
ace_garp@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The FOSS app GadgetBridge, has a number of supported smartwatches.
Supported watches can sync your health, activity, GPS, heart, O2, sleep data to GadgetBridge locally on your phone, instead of sending it online to who knows where.
May need to use the watches app to set it up, but then all happens locally.
BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Are there any specific watches that are known to work really well with Gadget Bridge