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Apple will avoid ban by selling latest Apple Watches without blood oxygen feature::Apple will be able to continue importing and selling Apple Watches as it battles with Masimo in court

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[–] Telodzrum 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Aftermarket pricing on Watch Series 9 rev.1 and Watch Ultra 2 rev.1 is about to surge.

[–] DBT 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Aren’t they going to nerf rev 1 with a software update anyway?

[–] Telodzrum 12 points 10 months ago

That was the rumor, but it's tailor-made for a class action suit.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Is this a hardware revision or just disabling them in software? The swift timing makes it seem as if it’s just software, with the feature likely being flipped back on at some point in the future.

[–] virr 3 points 10 months ago

From the original ruling it sounded like having the even just the sensor in the watch would be infringing. It sounds like these are new watch they are importing, but the article doesn't make it clear if that is the case.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Interesting. That feature is pretty important to me. I'm not sure I'd be willing to upgrade without it.

[–] a_fancy_kiwi 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What’s your use case? The majority of people will be fine without it so I was just curious if you were doing something interesting with it

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Nothing exciting. I struggled with long COVID for years and my o2 was garbage. I'm mostly recovered, but still keep an eye on my o2.

[–] Oderus 4 points 10 months ago

So instead of paying for the rights to use it, they're going to drop the feature?

God damn Apple are cheap fuckers.