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[-] ijeff@lemdro.id 60 points 10 months ago

I hadn't heard of Pebble the Twitter competitor. It just makes me miss the Pebble watches.

[-] WashedOver@lemmy.ca 16 points 10 months ago

Same here, I was wondering if there was some last remnant of Pebble watches still running for a second there.

I miss my Pebble too. I went to a Galaxy Gear S3 for a few years before ending up at a Fossil hybrid smart watch with a ink screen that gives me several days of battery life like my Pebble Steel use to have. It's ok but it's no Pebble.

[-] snowe@programming.dev 13 points 10 months ago

There are!! https://rebble.io I still have mine but haven’t used it since they got bought. I really do miss it, it was great.

[-] ijeff@lemdro.id 6 points 10 months ago

I'm surprised nobody has taken on bringing compatible hardware to market. I feel like there would (still) be crowdfunding interest.

[-] mp3@lemmy.ca 9 points 10 months ago

Ex-Pebble wearer here, and now I'm sad :(

[-] oshitwaddup@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 19 points 10 months ago

pebble stopped making watches years ago

[-] theforkofdamocles@beehaw.org 9 points 10 months ago

I loved my Pebble watch so much! I actually still have it, but finally gave it up when they stopped supporting it. I still have it, in my curio case.

[-] Xandar437@feddit.nl 12 points 10 months ago

You probably already know this but you can still use it using rebble.io

[-] theforkofdamocles@beehaw.org 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I used rebble for quite a while—super kudos to those folks—but eventually gave it up. The battery life was finally showing signs of loss and my wife had already made the switch to Apple Watch when her Pebble died.

I’m kind of surprised rebble was allowed to continue this long after FitBit bought then killed Pebble. I know they said rebble could exist, but IIRC, there was some hinting it wouldn’t be for too much longer. Glad they either forgot about it or just let it be.

[-] smeg@feddit.uk 2 points 10 months ago

Google bought FitBit and even did an update to the Pebble app last year to make a 64-bit version of the Pebble app so it would work on new devices. Guess they really didn't want Pebble added to the killed by Google list!

[-] theforkofdamocles@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago

That’s surprisingly wholesome news from Google. Thanks for updating me!

[-] christophski@feddit.uk 15 points 10 months ago

Seems like nobody had heard of it until it shut down... No wonder it shut down

[-] MoogleMaestro@kbin.social 14 points 10 months ago

Hey! It's like they read my last comment in the shutdown announcement thread.

This is really the best move they can make at this point.

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