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I'm totally indifferent to the Apple watch and what it has to offer. I don't need it and I don't want it, even if they gave it away for free.

When I see people wearing an iWatch - here in Spain it's usually the tourists and some local "uber-geeks" - I can't help but feel sorry for them, because they've paid so much money to unnecessarily complicate their lives and now everyone has to see that.

Lost souls, seeking to be different by thinking different, except of course everybody does that and now different means not thinking differently... Or something like that.

Maybe in the future the smart watch will be a practical and useful thing. Right now the iWatch seems like a terrible watch and nothing more.

/rant.

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Why can't you just accept that people are different, like different things and have different needs?

Why do you think I don't accept other people. By all means, be and do what your heart desires.

I just think it's unwise to throw $600+ on a piece of experimental tech which is cumbersome to use and makes you look like a "me too" teenager.

That, when more than half the people on Earth earn less than that in a year ...

So just because somebody earns more than "half the people" they shouldn't buy things that they are able to afford? That makes no sense.

Of course it makes no sense - it's a paradox ! But that argument is always a nice touch (and a down vote magnet) - it pisses people off because it makes them feel guilty for reasons that are beyond their control.

But you can think deeper than "earn" and "afford". You don't have to, but it won't hurt if you started looking beyond the linguistic abstractions so conveniently given to us by the media and corporations.

Look up the documentary "Darwin's nightmare", watch it and then look up the Apple iWatch launch event with Christy Turlington and a video of her wearing the iWatch in Tanzania.

Such a strong opinion. It is good that it is based on solid experience. I don't own the Apple watch (not available in my country yet), but I've tried it for the weekend. If anything it simplifies, not complicates life.

+++1 therein lies the rub.

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