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They got me until I read about a smartphone app. Also, how can they get testimonies from customers when it hasn't launched yet? Sounds like a scam.
by prmoustache 2y ago
They got me until I read about a smartphone app.
Also, how can they get testimonies from customers when it hasn't launched yet? Sounds like a scam.
- monkin 2y ago> Proudly powering 1500+ rental bikes Since 2022, Gouach Infinite Battery has powered free-floating fleets in the roughest environments: snow, rain, heat, cold, shocks. Now that we have figured out the perfect battery, we want the public to access it. It doesn't look like a scam to me. What's wrong with the app?
- krunck 2y agoThe battery pack's usable life is determined by how long the company offers and maintains the app. I'm willing to bet that the app will not be around for more than 3 years.
- Zak 2y agoThat would be solvable by making the app open source, or by publishing the protocol so third parties can make software for it.
- oulipo 2y agoHi! We might open source it at some point, although the app itself is just a thin client, and most of the code is on the battery and the backend
- Zak 2y agoThe main concern is confidence that the product will remain usable even if the company goes out of business or pivots and abandons this product. Being a thin client is great from that perspective because there's little incentive to keep it proprietary, and it should be easy for a third party to maintain if the company abandons it.
- oulipo 2y agoHi! Thanks for your comment! The app does exist, and the video of the app is from real data! It’s our « admin app » and a « client app » just for end users is being developed
- vallettea 2y agohello, not really, the app just gives you info about the cells and is useful to update the firmware but you can live without it. If we die before, will put it open source
- prmoustache 2y agoI don't want yet another app on my smartphone just to manage a battery. I don't want yet another smartphone app that tries to collect data from me. I want to be able to use it even if the company goes bankrupt, the app disappear from the playstore and I have a new phone. I want to be able to use it even if android and iOS disappear from the landscape because smartphone tech change. Or at least give me an api documentation and an open source SDK.
- beeboobaa3 2y agoYou can thank apple for that. If they would just implement WebBLE all of these remote config apps could just be webpages. Currently no one is doing that because you'll need an iOS app anyway, which coincidentally lets apple claim their 30%.
- criddell 2y agoBut Apple would collect 30% of zero. Unless remote config apps want to adopt a subscription model which would be even worse IMHO.
- oulipo 2y agoThe app is not needed at all! The battery works perfectly fine without it don’t worry! It’s just used if you want to have extra features like safety alerts
- beeboobaa3 2y agoI'm interested in the security of the app. Is it authenticated? How? Can an attacker change cell types and start a fire or other dangerous situations?
- oulipo 2y agoYes it’s authenticated, and no you cannot make random changes to a battery!
- Rhapso 2y agoYeah, this is a deal-breaker for me. I would rather have a single button I have to click exactly 35 times to encode the battery type I read out of a manual over needing smartphone infrastructure. The point being, please give us an alternative even if it requires very technical work.
- vallettea 2y agothe app is just if you need to go deeper but you can definitely use the battery without the app
- cannonpr 2y agoFor those complaining on this topic it’s stated on the site that there is an API available, which I presume means you don’t need the app. Personally I think this is a really nice design and I’ve been hoping for something like this for ages.
- oulipo 2y agoThanks for your comment! Indeed the app (or even the API) is not needed to use it, it’s just for extra features like safety alerts
- vallettea 2y agohello, what's the problem with the iphone app ? you can go on the app store and see it exists we are launching this new model but we make batteries since 2021 check https://docs.gouach.com/ https://docs.gouach.com/ you'll se we worked a bit
- oulipo 2y agoSorry for the testimonies they look bad but they are true! We’ve been mostly working with our B2B clients for the past two years but we have had B2C customers on our first prototype and requested their comments! You can see that we’re a real company, we even fundraised 3M two years ago for initial développements ! https://www.breega.com/gouach-secures-e3-3m-seed-funding/ https://www.breega.com/gouach-secures-e3-3m-seed-funding/