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Re:Alphabet in bid to buy Fitbit by dTal on Monday October 28, 2019 @04:30PM (#21381303)
My EOL Pebble doesn't use any servers at all, with Gadgetbridge. Why should moving data from my watch to my phone, over bluetooth, require a server on the internet? Silliness.
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Re:Alphabet in bid to buy Fitbit by calypso on Monday October 28, 2019 @04:54PM (#21381554)
An app store, watch face store, dictation, weather. those features are the reason it requires a server. That's what you give up by not using rebble or similar services.
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Re:Alphabet in bid to buy Fitbit by TeMPOraL on Monday October 28, 2019 @05:48PM (#21382085)
You can sideload Pebble apps AFAIR. I vaguely recall doing that recently to restore the watchface on my wife's Pebble after migrating it to a new phone.
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Re:Alphabet in bid to buy Fitbit by Wowfunhappy on Monday October 28, 2019 @05:50PM (#21382103)
You can. It's nice to have a working app store though!
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Re:Alphabet in bid to buy Fitbit by Wowfunhappy on Monday October 28, 2019 @05:12PM (#21381731)
Also, any third party apps that create timeline pins unfortunately need to go through a server.
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