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It's exactly what happened. Fitbit bought (true) then destroyed the Pebble IP (true). Whether Pebble was a strong business or not makes no difference. Their tec
by cush 4y ago
It's exactly what happened. Fitbit bought (true) then destroyed the Pebble IP (true). Whether Pebble was a strong business or not makes no difference. Their tech was incredible and still better than most smart watches on the market today.
- sushid 4y agoPebble's IP was done for. No one wanted to make any more Pebbles including Pebble themself. They were acquihired by Fitbit. It wasn't a case of "we'll continue allowing team X to operate independently bait and switch." At the end of the day there wasn't a robust market for hacker-focused e-ink Android watches.