Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.ml · 2 days agoOpen source smart watchesmessage-squaremessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up177arrow-down1message-squareOpen source smart watchesEat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.ml · 2 days agomessage-square30linkfedilinkfile-text
If you were to go out today and buy an open source smart watch to pair with a GrapheneOS phone which would you choose?
minus-squareGreenMartian@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoI was so annoyed that Google bought both Pebble and Fitbit, then did… absolutely nothing with them. Would’ve loved a low-end (sub $100) fitness tracker with ePaper. Best thing they did was to release the pebble rights back to the creators.
minus-squareanguo@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 hours agoSince they open sourced pebble, I’m hoping a Chinese firm will make a clone soon.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·23 hours agoLarge corporations don’t buy small companies to make better products. They buy them to eliminate the competition.
I was so annoyed that Google bought both Pebble and Fitbit, then did… absolutely nothing with them. Would’ve loved a low-end (sub $100) fitness tracker with ePaper.
Best thing they did was to release the pebble rights back to the creators.
Since they open sourced pebble, I’m hoping a Chinese firm will make a clone soon.
Large corporations don’t buy small companies to make better products. They buy them to eliminate the competition.