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Pebble was one of the best smartwatches ever and now it's a miracle if you can get one to work (www.techradar.com)

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[–] d00ery 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Stupid Fitbit buying them out and killing the competition. Yay consumers getting the best deal!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Fitbit didn't kill Pebble, Pebble filed for Insolvency. Fitbit bought the IP and hired some of the employees. Fitbit refunded Kickstarter contributors, kept the official servers up for more than a year, and, by all accounts, worked with rebble to make it possible for them to take over the ecosystem. None of that would have happened without Fitbit.

I'm bitter about how things ended too, and I was wrongly optimistic that Fitbit might take up the flag of an enthusiast smartwatch. However, I can also acknowledge without Fitbit's involvement, the situation would be much worse!

[–] d00ery 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Well I didn't know that!

Yay Fitbit for buying them out, but sadly not continuing the pebble lineage. I nearly bought a Pebble watch and I'm surprised that they were going to file for insolvency.

And boo Google for buying Fitbit and then putting lots of features behind premium subscription.

(Don't tell me Google saved Fitbit.. 😂)

#CRV Quick edit and boo CRV, a crappy venture capital firm that forced the sale of Pebble which was bad for consumers.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CRV_(venture_capital_firm)&diffonly=true

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

I think pebble was going to fold anyways, so Fitbit basically scooped up the remains.