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First steps forward with Fitbit
- eps 10y agoOfftopic: [photo] Me at Angelhack Mumbai 2016 That was fun. 40 people, only one Caucasian. It's like an edgy version of [2]. [1] https://developer.pebble.com/assets/images/blog/2016-12-14-mumbai.jpg https://developer.pebble.com/assets/images/blog/2016-12-14-m... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_Three_Children_puzzle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_Three_Children_puzzle
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- taneq 10y agoSo much diversity.
- secabeen 10y agoWell, that is an event in Mumbai. You'd find a lot of Germans at an event in Berlin, and a lot of Americans at an event in Austin.
- taneq 10y agoYeah, but if the American event had had only one woman and three dark-skinned people there would be the inevitable discussion on "tech's diversity problem" branching off into various allegations of sexism and racism. That's what I'm taking a pot-shot at. I'm glad that in Mumbai, people who enjoy building cool things can do so without worrying about the average skin shade or visible secondary sexual characteristics.
- untog 10y agoEr, yeah, because America is a lot more diverse than Mumbai is. Diversity means diversity, not "fewer white people".
- Tobold 10y agoAt first I thought he was the Sikh who does the Vulcan greeting, but then I noticed the one white guy and thought "No, that's him!".
- Jommi 10y agoAfter quickly reading this, it looks like fitbit is really keen into having the pebble not cut ties with their large and active community. And apparently there is a whole team that " is responsible for a smooth and positive Pebble transition. " Let'shope for the best, maybe the increase in fitbits brand value is worth the effort out into supporting a dead piece of hardware (no offense).
- Flenser 10y agoMore likely is that Fitbit want to keep the Pebble development community working on apps for their platform, rather than migrating to Apple or Android. I expect we'll see Fitbit put a lot of effort into making the transition as smooth as possible.
- ghostly_s 10y agoReally? My reading was "we're shutting everything down, we just won't tell you the date yet."
- shitgoose 10y agomy interpretation is quite the opposite. this "at this time" tells me that it will all go down the toilet soon when this time ends: "The Pebble SDK, CloudPebble, Timeline APIs, firmware availability, mobile apps, developer portal, and Pebble appstore are all elements of the Pebble ecosystem that will remain in service at this time."
- LastZactionHero 10y agoShutting down the product and cancelling my order seems like a poor way to conduct a "smooth and positive" transition".
- LastZactionHero 10y agoShutting down the product and cancelling my order seems like a poor way to conduct a "smooth and positive" transition".
- taytus 10y agoNobody cares about Pebble... please... let it die. Stop upvoting or submitting these stories :'(
- bryanlarsen 10y agoI'm a backer of the Pebble Time 2. I got my refund, so I went to Best Buy (Canada) to pick up a Pebble 2. But they refused to sell me one even though they had some in stock. Super pissed. My original pebble is basically dead with the glitching issue, so now I'm SOL.
- e40 10y agoBut they refused to sell me one even though they had some in stock. Why would they do that?
- Inversechi 10y agoWarranty reasons perhaps?
- dagenleg 10y agoThey didn't let you buy the item for which there will no longer be updates or warranty support. Why would you be angry?
- ohyoutravel 10y agoIt sounds like the poster was angry because Best Buy wouldn't let the poster exchange their money for the watch that Best Buy had in stock. I can understand that, it would be pretty annoying to go to a store, they have something in stock, but won't sell it to you.
- ethbro 10y agoThat sounds like most normal Best Buy / Office Depot / Microcenter deals.
- taneq 10y agoBecause he told the store that he didn't care and just wanted the hardware. Which is a perfectly valid and understandable viewpoint. As is the store's viewpoint that no matter what is said now, the average consumer (not GP poster) is an asshole and will try to bring their purchase back a week from now citing all of the problems that they just said would not be a problem.
- taneq 10y agoAt what point does the Fitbit privacy policy with regards to user data take over from the Pebble privacy policy? After a quick read through, the Fitbit policy seems pretty reasonable, and doesn't contain terms that (for instance) let them track personally identifiable data for later sale. Once the Fitbit policy is in effect I'd even half consider using the official Pebble app.
- avtar 10y agoDoes anyone know of a fitness tracker that doesn't push data to a backend service operated by a for-profit organization? I'm searching for a device that: * Has decent battery life (at least better than the Fitbit Charge 2) * Performs heart monitoring, activity reminders, sleep and steps tracking * Has iOS and Android apps that let you push collected metrics to a backend service that you can host yourself
- xeromal 10y agoThe misfit has the best battery life of any fitness/sleep tracker I know. Points 1 and 2 aren't met though.
- e1ven 10y agoApple has one of the strongest commitments to privacy that I've seen. All the Apple Watch health data is stored encrypted on your iPhone directly. The Battery life is only 1 day though.
- MBCook 10y agoI found it very interesting they're committing to keep Apple Health integration when FitBit themselves don't provide it.
- mtw 10y agoI believe they will update this soon
- jcadam 10y agoI was looking into buying a pebble... but not now. Fitbits are absolute garbage. I had to buy them (went through several -- they kept falling apart on me) when working at my previous employer so I could participate in their 'vitality' program in order to get a discount on my health insurance. I'll never buy another fitbit product again.
- Raphmedia 10y agoI hope you did not buy multiple ones when they broke! They send them out like candies if you can prove yours is broken! I have 3 surges (2 with broken bands) thanks to this policy!