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Re:Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing? by fenwick67 on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @03:58AM (#21989678)
Pebble was such a cool platform, and it is a damn shame that FitBit was allowed to purchase the company and immediately shut it down. Predatory competitor-purchasing like this should be illegal.
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Re:Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing? by brlewis on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @08:29AM (#21991202)
> Pebble was such a cool platform

The only true part of this sentence

> it is a damn shame that FitBit was allowed to purchase the company

Pebble failed financially and put its assets up for sale, some of which were bought by Fitbit.

> and immediately shut it down

Fitbit kept servers running for years that supported Pebble devices.

I'm a Fitbit employee but don't speak for Fitbit. An official response wouldn't be so terse; I'm just annoyed that this falsehood keeps going years later.

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Re:Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing? by fenwick67 on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @10:46AM (#21992393)
Sincere thanks for clearing this up, I only saw the big optics on this (pebble 2 successfully crowdfunded, then later Pebble is shutting down while FitBit acquires it).
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