Everyone else is still regurgitating the same garbage with their watches.

I don't know about the SDK though, but it does seem to have some apps (not that I use many of them).

I'll also be shocked if this isn't a native feature of Apple's Sleep app within a year.

[0] https://9to5mac.com/2020/05/12/sleep-cycle-apple-watch-app/

After getting 2 hand me downs from a friend who upgraded, my partner sprung for a new one. Killer features for her: battery life of a week instead of a day and good backcountry navigation.

Garmin connect does exercise challenges too, so there's a social aspect as well.

I would definitely like longer battery life on my Apple watch.

Barring that it’d be convenient if the chargers were like lightning and usb-c: available in every gas station, drug store, and dollar store.

I can only assume there's a good reason for the non-standard connector, and that it probably involves waterproofing?

I have no horse in this race, to be clear.

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If any are, it's just one. Apple/Microsoft and Apple/Google.

I think it needs more than two.

I agree with your point about Google and ads, but I feel like this meme of Apple being a luxury product is slowly just not making sense to me.

The same largely applies to Apple's other product lines too, which the exception that they simply don't attempt to compete in the bottom-dollar markets for laptops or desktop PCs. So I would definitely say that Apple doesn't make junk for the race-to-the-bottom market, but I'm hesitant to call them a luxury brand.

It's the only reason why its perceived value is so high in the US, and later gets carried to other foreign markets (like China). Apple is this single entity that creates these products that run this unique OS alone, while Android manufacturers are a dime a dozen - too visible. If I don't get the latest Samsung, I don't mind because I'll just go ahead and buy the latest OnePlus or Huawei or something. But I have nowhere to go if Apple stores run out of the iPhone, and if I'm really bought into the whole design oo-la-lah shtick, I'll just camp outside the Apple store (aside: I have seen fewer campers with each passing year).

Ferrari is a luxury product because every engine made is a machining masterpiece largely created by hand. Most and Chandon is a luxury product because it takes a good year and tons of time to perfect that taste. Apple fans may have had something to boast about with the design quality during the Steve Jobs years, but right now, there's little to boast about their mass-produced devices made by underpaid workers in a Chinese/Vietnamese/Indian factory, so they generate artificial oomph over things like the fonts or the app store or whatever. As a Tesla owner, I've seen the same kind of behavior from other Tesla owners, although I find Tesla to be a relatively flawed product compared to other cars such as a Porsche or an Audi.

Honestly, I suspect that if Jobs were alive right now, he wouldn't be really happy with today's Apple. Out of the nearly a decade since he's passed, the only thing that was really revolutionary on Apple's part were the Airbuds. And with Jony gone, I suspect there's going to be less of that too.

For me I really enjoy using it for walking directions in the city. Yes I could use my phone but this lets me walk more naturally without looking like a phone zombie.