Not that I am unaware of the immense difference in scale and influence between Apple and Pebble, and the different nature of these regulations in this light.
We're not talking about free returns or costly perks, but manufacturing defects that got passed their QA process or resulted from design issues. Leaving the customer holding the bag for these is kinda crap, even (especially?) for a small company IMHO.
Just to spare people reading this a few clicks (from their FAQ):
> Yes, we warrant against manufacturing defects for 30 days after you receive your order. Ship us the defective watch, and after we receive it back, we will ship (no charge) you a replacement.
Full warranty as of now: https://archive.is/HxXvL
The original Pebbles had a zebra strip connector to the display which had problems; and their last product, the Pebble 2, had buttons made of a soft silicon rubber which quickly fell apart. The fact that the new Pebble company sold a brand new product (the Pebble 2 Duo) with the same defective design is worrying.
I'm still willing to take the risk because Pebble smartwatches are the only ones I like and wear. I managed to give my OG Steel another life by replacing the battery. Unfortunately that seems to be harder with the Round 2 as there won't be any screws. I'm still a bit split on whether to change my Time 2 pre-order for a Round 2.
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lol, wouldn't that go for any product?
We are excited to make new devices, but wary about over-promising. We'd rather under-promise and over-deliver. So far, we have only received a few requests for warranty support for our first new watch (Pebble 2 Duo) and we have provided support for everyone who has asked.
Just for my understanding: so full notification support would essentially only apply to anyone in the EU willing to import from the US (or directly from the country you're manufacturing these devices in).
It's illegal in advanced societies, but americans call these things "communism" (the rest of the world uses "regulations")
I would agree that a product that supposedly has a 30 day battery life (PT2) should have a warranty that lasts longer than 30 days. This is especially true if the software optimizations haven't been completed at the time the watches ship. Otherwise it's just impossible to reliably assess whether the product is actually defective during the return window.
Maybe on the individual level, but the aggregate effect is that manufacturers are incentivised to save money by increasing reliability. Which is a good thing for everyone.
But honestly I've had Macs that still work 15 years after I bought them, and iPhones that work for easily 6 or 7. That's not because AU or EU require a somewhat longer warranty, I don't think.
The EU mandates that in the EU you can change your default navigation app from Apple Maps to Google Maps.
The US isn't getting to free-ride on that, that only works if you move to an EU country.
Why wouldn't apple do the same for US vs EU, if EU has a longer required warranty period, apple can bin processors so the US gets more likely to fail processors and the EU gets more stable chips.
It would be the sort of vindictive malicious compliance apple has been doing with everything else, so I wouldn't put it past them.
2002 PowerBook user checking in. Not great for "modern" work, CPU gets really hot compiling "simple" stuff like git or libressl, but OSX 10.5 is a superior user experience to macOS 15. Still great for lightweight web browsing (disable JS!), some coding (Python 2.7.14!), classic games (StarCraft! from a *box*!).
Recently, EU pressure might mean that Apple will open that ability up to non-Apple watches as well.
Stop alarm is presumably one of those basic actions.
But it doesn’t support custom actions that the app developer might have registered.