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Re:Bankrupt Maker Faire revives, reduced to Make Community by skykooler on Thursday July 11, 2019 @10:55AM (#20411972)
Pebble wasn't a failed Kickstarter project; it was a successful Kickstarter project that was then bought up and killed off by Fitbit.
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Re:Bankrupt Maker Faire revives, reduced to Make Community by brlewis on Thursday July 11, 2019 @12:08PM (#20412672)
"Pebble was losing money, with no profit in sight." - discussion at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13161832
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Re:Bankrupt Maker Faire revives, reduced to Make Community by Fnoord on Friday July 12, 2019 @05:32AM (#20419415)
Well, right before they were bought, they were in deep financial trouble. They didn't reach the volume they planned to have. I would not say Pebble is a failed Kickstarter project, but they were going bankrupt. Ie. failing as a company.
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Re:Bankrupt Maker Faire revives, reduced to Make Community by codesushi42 on Thursday July 11, 2019 @01:41PM (#20413619)
Wrong. Pebble croaked and Fitbit got them on the cheap when they basically liquidated.
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