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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by twotone@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

I have been using the Mi Band for years which I generally like, although it's quite a simple device

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[-] davehtaylor@beehaw.org 7 points 11 months ago

I miss Pebble so much.

Everything else was an overpriced disappointment. I don’t need it to monitor my heart rate, or my blood oxygen level, or my blood alcohol level. I don’t want it to prod me or give me pep talks, or make phone calls, or play music, since my phone can do all of that better.

That's the thing. I have an apple watch, and apps on it are complete garbage. They're not useful, they UI is impossible, browsing for apps to launch them is tedious and painful. Like, I don't want to order Taco Bell on my watch. I don't want to play a game. I need notifications, time/date/weather, and easy playback controls for whatever is currently playing on my phone and that's it.

I also generally don't trust fitness trackers. If you have a watch that can use GPS to track a run or a ride, then that's fine. But pedometers are a joke, and counting calories burned is most assuredly bullshit since the human body isn't a closed system and everyone's metabolism is different

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