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I’m crossing my fingers that this EU move nudges Garmin, SRAM, Shimano, etc. to collaborate on an open Bluetooth protocol. Sick of the whole private extensions
by mtrovo 2y ago
I’m crossing my fingers that this EU move nudges Garmin, SRAM, Shimano, etc. to collaborate on an open Bluetooth protocol. Sick of the whole private extensions protocol approach.
- stingrae 2y agoIn the article it mentioned Bluetooth SIG sluggishness being the primary reason that they didn’t shift over.
- balch 2y agoI'm worried a move to bluetooth will lead to a mess of propritary protocols that stops devices from one manufacturer working with another
- blacklion 2y agoAll my equipment (except Tempe) is dual-standard now and my phone see my heartrate, cadence, bike speed (I don't how powermeters, though) in generic OSMAnd navigator application. Looks like there ARE BLE profiles for these already.
- WD-42 2y agoUnfortunately that requires work that these relatively small companies don’t or don’t want to put the resources into.
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- chabons 2y agoGarmin has a market cap of ~40B USD. Inflation adjusted, that's where NVIDIA was <10yr ago. It's not missing resources to do the work IMO, but it's missing the market dominance to singlehanded set the standard for the industry.
- WD-42 2y agoGarmin is probably the biggest company in this space, and their answer was ant. I’m not sure if you’ve tried to do any integration work with Garmin, but it’s an atrocious experience. What little they do open up is locked behind business agreements and then they hand over some 5 year out of date pdf and call it “api documentation”. So yea if it’s up to Garmin again we are screwed.
- 0_____0 2y agoI cannot think of a compelling reason why this would be beneficial.