Yeah, I got burned once, I don't want to be burned again. You will sell out at first opportune moment. Which is why I am passing on this.
(I don't blame you for that, just don't want to be part of it)
BTW, Amazfit, rules.
BTW, Amazfit, rules.
Then, when they were being sold, instead of shutting down the Pebble store and basically bricking all Pebble watches, they intentionally opened it up to make it possible for community support. Which is where Rebble stepped in.
Bizarre and disingenuous take. That really doesn't take into account Pebble's actions, much less their words.
Nobody is perfect, and running a small hardware startup is difficult. I'm not saying Eric and co are perfect, but it seems like he's been fairly forthright about the mistakes made at Pebble[1] and what Core aims to do better.
Shit happens, people make mistakes, Apple/Google decide to compete with you and/or lock you out of parts of their garden.
https://9to5google.com/2025/01/27/pebble-smartwatch-2025-goo...
As enshittification encroaches on every corner of the technology ecosystem, a company putting out products in 2025 in a way that embraces its community and works in the open is laudable.
Maybe Pebble will turn evil one day, but at least the watches we have today will still work until they physically wear out, not when the company decides they should die.