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by erohead 2y ago
It's using the appstore right now
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by erohead 2y ago
Something fancy
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by erohead 2y ago
Nope, but the OS is open source so you could try getting it to work yourself: https://github.com/pebble-dev/pebble-firmware
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by erohead 2y ago
Right now it uses https://apps.rebble.io/en_US/
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by erohead 2y ago
Nope. I just use my phone.
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by erohead 2y ago
Intentional?? :) Core Time 2 has a heart rate monitor!
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by erohead 2y ago
I'll be hanging out here - happy to answer any questions you have!
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by erohead 2y ago
I'm 100% with you! No VCs this time...no mandatory cloud subscription. But I'm not really sure that this fear is grounded - before we sold to Fitbit we 'unlocked' the Pebble mobile app so you could use it with any cloud
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by erohead 2y ago
We actually had a company tab at that ice cream shop - anyone who had a Pebble on ate for free :)
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by erohead 2y ago
Thanks for being there at the beginning!
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by erohead 2y ago
Good call, I just changed it to send to pixel watch if opened on Android or Windows!
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by erohead 2y ago
No, but...not moving fast
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by erohead 2y ago
Things worked out! We got acquired. Heads down on merging - https://ericmigi.com/blog/why-were-bringing-pebble-back
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by erohead 2y ago
Thank you, Google. You didn't have to, but you did. We are all are extraordinarily grateful. I wrote a blog post about our plans to bring Pebble back, sustainably. https://ericmigi.com/blog/why-were-bringing-pebble
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We're bringing Pebble back(repebble.com)
2843 points by erohead 2y ago|738 comments
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by erohead 2y ago
CFAA has recently (2021) been limited by Van Buren ruling.
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by erohead 2y ago
I'd love to learn more! I'm one of the Beepy creators...I just emailed you
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by erohead 2y ago
Here's how it works: https://blog.beeper.com/2024/04/09/how-beeper-android-works/
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by erohead 2y ago
Grim, I apologize. I spoke too soon. I didn't mean to offend you or demean pidgin. I was reacting too harshly to the parent.
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by erohead 2y ago
We did: https://matrix.org/blog/2023/06/beeper-joins-the-foundation/
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by erohead 3y ago
> Are you planning to continue using Matrix to underpin Beeper? Yes, all of Beeper is built on top of Matrix.
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by erohead 3y ago
If you've followed Beeper, you know that roughly 50% of our product is already open source ( https://github.com/beeper ). You can run your own Matrix server and use our bridges, or self-host the bridges and use Beeper cl
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by erohead 3y ago
Exciting day for Beeper! It all started here on HN 3 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25848278
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by erohead 3y ago
That's exactly what our bridge-manager repo allows you to do. Self-host the bridges yourself, use the Beeper client app.
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by erohead 3y ago
On-device bridging works like this https://blog.beeper.com/p/how-beeper-mini-works . We'll put together a full technical deep dive for the real launch, this is just an open beta. Our signal bridge code is open sour
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by erohead 3y ago
That's the dream...
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by erohead 3y ago
"Censorship, Surveillance and Profits: A Hard Bargain for Apple in China" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/technology/apple-china-ce...
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by erohead 3y ago
Maybe ask Swappa to open a section on their site? I think it's one of the best marketplace platforms these days.
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by erohead 3y ago
I think those quotes still stand for themselves. Normalize 3rd party clients!
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by erohead 3y ago
Our conversion from download to paid subscription is hovering around 50% fwiw

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