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Comment by Abishek_Muthian | Hacker News Reader

I should have made a better job of explaining that I have a de-googled android phone & even though I don't like Apple's business practices I would rather trust my data with Apple than Google.

Besides I bought the refurbished Apple Watch for third the price of Pixel Watch 3.

But I'm glad that Android users now have a good smart watch & there's competition in the space.

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If you dislike both Apple and Google, then I wonder, with your skills, why you didn't consider using and improving PineTime with a GNU/Linux phone (Pinephone or Librem 5).

PineTime doesn't seem to have that many sensors i'm guessing the author wanted more sensors than just a Accelerometer and Heart rate sensor

It's obviously true, although I don't believe that investing in a proprietary platform, which move toward more closeness, is a good decision in the long term.

I have contributed to both Wasp OS (Colmi P8) & Asteroid OS albeit with just bug reports; Pinephone/Librem arent available in my country and since my goal is health with this project,the sensors in these devices are not accurate enough yet.

just curious: What's your view on Asteroid OS and its evolution, is it growing as a usable alternative for Android Wear OS?

I have it on my radar since v1.0, and whenever I see the two older Android Wear devices in my drawer I keep thinking that I should put them to some new use (i.e. make them control home devices directly or similar).

AsteroidOS by itself impressed me with its fluidity & UX, at time when wearOS was pure garbage. But I faced connectivity issues with the companion app; both in android and in Linux phones.

Now that Gadgetbridge supports AsteroidOS, I would like to give it a try again but my device require a battery change and it's been hard to find one. That brings the major issue with AsteroidOS - very limited compatibility for newer devices.

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