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Yeah, I got burned once, I don't want to be burned again. You will sell out at first opportune moment. Which is why I am passing on this. (I don't blame you fo

Yeah, I got burned once, I don't want to be burned again. You will sell out at first opportune moment. Which is why I am passing on this. (I don't blame you for that, just don't want to be part of it) BTW, Amazfit, rules.

jmcphers 11mo ago
I was bummed to see recently that Amazfit has stopped making watches with reflective displays! They're all OLED now just like everyone else's.
ixwt 11mo ago
This is a rather bizare take. Pebble turned down a massive deal to keep doing their own thing. They sold cheap after they were going down because they had too mich staff, and not enough sales. Which Eric has said many times, and can even be found on his blog. Then, when they were being sold, instead of shutting down the Pebble store and basically bricking all Pebble watches, they intentionally opened it up to make it possible for community support. Which is where Rebble stepped in. Bizarre and disingenuous take. That really doesn't take into account Pebble's actions, much less their words.
- warkdarrior 11mo ago
  What's bizarre? Per your own statement, "They sold cheap" as soon as they encountered some hardship, so it is quite understandable to not trust they'll behave differently this time around.
  - Pfhortune 11mo ago
    > "They sold cheap" as soon as they encountered some hardship Nobody is perfect, and running a small hardware startup is difficult. I'm not saying Eric and co are perfect, but it seems like he's been fairly forthright about the mistakes made at Pebble[1] and what Core aims to do better. Shit happens, people make mistakes, Apple/Google decide to compete with you and/or lock you out of parts of their garden. [1] https://ericmigi.com/blog/success-and-failure-at-pebble https://ericmigi.com/blog/success-and-failure-at-pebble
  - ixwt 11mo ago
    As far as I recall, it was sell cheap, or collapse with nothing. Garmin bought cheap and gutted it for the IP. It wasn't a sell to get paid, it was a sell or get nothing. It wasn't just hardship, it was the end.
    - jerlam 11mo ago
      It wasn't Garmin. Fitbit bought Pebble, then Fitbit failed and was bought by Google. Google then open sourced the Pebble source code. https://9to5google.com/2025/01/27/pebble-smartwatch-2025-google-open-source-code/ https://9to5google.com/2025/01/27/pebble-smartwatch-2025-goo...
    - ItsHarper 11mo ago
      It was Fitbit, but otherwise, yeah
Pfhortune 11mo ago
Amazfit is closed, Pebble is open. That's reason enough for me to avoid the former. As enshittification encroaches on every corner of the technology ecosystem, a company putting out products in 2025 in a way that embraces its community and works in the open is laudable. Maybe Pebble will turn evil one day, but at least the watches we have today will still work until they physically wear out, not when the company decides they should die.
emsimot 11mo ago
How exactly did you get "burned" ? I'm still wearing an original pebble. It's worked fine for years.

jmcphers 11mo ago

I was bummed to see recently that Amazfit has stopped making watches with reflective displays! They're all OLED now just like everyone else's.

ixwt 11mo ago

This is a rather bizare take. Pebble turned down a massive deal to keep doing their own thing. They sold cheap after they were going down because they had too mich staff, and not enough sales. Which Eric has said many times, and can even be found on his blog. Then, when they were being sold, instead of shutting down the Pebble store and basically bricking all Pebble watches, they intentionally opened it up to make it possible for community support. Which is where Rebble stepped in. Bizarre and disingenuous take. That really doesn't take into account Pebble's actions, much less their words.

warkdarrior 11mo ago
What's bizarre? Per your own statement, "They sold cheap" as soon as they encountered some hardship, so it is quite understandable to not trust they'll behave differently this time around.
- Pfhortune 11mo ago
  > "They sold cheap" as soon as they encountered some hardship Nobody is perfect, and running a small hardware startup is difficult. I'm not saying Eric and co are perfect, but it seems like he's been fairly forthright about the mistakes made at Pebble[1] and what Core aims to do better. Shit happens, people make mistakes, Apple/Google decide to compete with you and/or lock you out of parts of their garden. [1] https://ericmigi.com/blog/success-and-failure-at-pebble https://ericmigi.com/blog/success-and-failure-at-pebble
- ixwt 11mo ago
  As far as I recall, it was sell cheap, or collapse with nothing. Garmin bought cheap and gutted it for the IP. It wasn't a sell to get paid, it was a sell or get nothing. It wasn't just hardship, it was the end.
  - jerlam 11mo ago
    It wasn't Garmin. Fitbit bought Pebble, then Fitbit failed and was bought by Google. Google then open sourced the Pebble source code. https://9to5google.com/2025/01/27/pebble-smartwatch-2025-google-open-source-code/ https://9to5google.com/2025/01/27/pebble-smartwatch-2025-goo...
  - ItsHarper 11mo ago
    It was Fitbit, but otherwise, yeah

Pfhortune 11mo ago

Amazfit is closed, Pebble is open. That's reason enough for me to avoid the former. As enshittification encroaches on every corner of the technology ecosystem, a company putting out products in 2025 in a way that embraces its community and works in the open is laudable. Maybe Pebble will turn evil one day, but at least the watches we have today will still work until they physically wear out, not when the company decides they should die.

emsimot 11mo ago

How exactly did you get "burned" ? I'm still wearing an original pebble. It's worked fine for years.