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Fitbit is damaged goods. Just read https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Ionic/Would-you-buy-Fitbit-Ionic-again/td-p/2293464 https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Ionic/Wou
by dblock 7y ago
Fitbit is damaged goods. Just read https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Ionic/Would-you-buy-Fitbit-Ionic-again/td-p/2293464 https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Ionic/Would-you-buy-Fitbit-I... - I own one of these along with many unsatisfied customers. Google is buying technical debt.
- partiallypro 7y agoI love my Fitbit Versa, every product has unsatisfied customers. Anyhow, I was actually hoping Microsoft would buy them, and make an assistant agnostic device that could run Google, Alexa or Cortana.
- Avamander 7y agoVersa has a terrible design (flaw#) when it lets moisture seep in in any amount.
- lisptw102019 7y agoNot enough people wanted Microsoft's in-house product when it existed, and it was even back then better than the competition in many ways. I'm guessing they've learned their lesson after buying nokia...
- whitebread 7y agoThe Ionic was a misstep, but damning the entire brand because of one bad product feels like painting with too broad a brush. Like another user said, I love my Versa. Liked but didn't love the Blaze when I had that. I'll be searching for a wearable from a different company that is comparable to the Versa if this deal goes through.
- dblock 7y agoSame customer support though.
- maximente 7y agoyou're still not thinking in the 21st century mindset: the data is what has the value here, not some mediocre optional hardware. read the thread - people are recommending just the app, which still fulfills the purpose of "hoover up valuable data"
- lelf 7y ago> Google is buying technical debt. They are buying (a lot of) data and a list of customers. They don’t care about the app code.