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Fossil is quitting smartwatches (www.theverge.com)
submitted 10 months ago by L4s to c/technology
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Fossil is quitting smartwatches::Fossil is going to stop making smartwatches. It was one of the most prolific companies creating Wear OS watches.

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[โ€“] cashews_best_nut 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

+1 for Garmin!! I've got 2 Fenix watches and they're so important to me I'd be lost without them.

[โ€“] totallynotarobot 2 points 10 months ago

The vivomove is my daily, but for many outdoor activities I'd be literally lost without the GPS forerunner!

Also they seem to be one of the lesser evils for those who care about personal data collection and brokerage.