It was actually doing pretty well as a product, and they were literally weeks away from releasing the extemely promising new version, but they got hostile-takeovered by Fitbit who was somewhere between threatened by their success and strip-mining the company for patents or staff.

Fitbit immediately shut down the new release.

Then Fitbit got bought by Google, who obviously has their own interests to maintain in that market.

[–] gay_king_prince_charles@hexbear.net 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Garmin watches are pretty great. The only piece of running gear other than shoes that has actually made me faster.

[–] BilduEnjoyer@hexbear.net 6 points 2 days ago

I really like my garmin watch and it doesn’t have a subscription. I use it to monitor my blood pressure because of my POTs. It’s good at warning me if I’m about to pass out.

[–] RION@hexbear.net 10 points 2 days ago

I had a full set of dice for DND on mine! And I could shuffle through songs. That was about all I used it for

[–] mosthated@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

https://store.repebble.com/

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'll wait to judge that until people actually have them in hand

[–] SloppilyFloss@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 days ago

I'll let you know if they live up to the original once I've got mine in hand 🫡