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Re:Apple Introduces Oceanic+ by mynameisvlad on Monday November 28, 2022 @11:41AM (#33775802)
Will it? I doubt it, honestly.

Huish, the makers of this app, own the majority of big names in the industry. The reason it’s called Oceanic+ is because they own Oceanic. Along with Apollo, Bare, Ollis, Zeagle and a few others. Interestingly, they don’t believe enough in this app to brand it Suunto, their existing dive watch brand.

My fear is the next Suunto watch will have subscriptions, if this app proves successful.

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Re:Apple Introduces Oceanic+ by krugua on Monday November 28, 2022 @03:01PM (#33778748)
To my knowledge Suunto is owned by Anta Sports / Amer sports. Huish is the U.S. distributor for Suunto. Or did I miss something?
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Re:Apple Introduces Oceanic+ by mynameisvlad on Monday November 28, 2022 @03:24PM (#33779034)
Apparently it's no longer Amer sports, according to https://www.divenewswire.com/huish-outdoors-named-distributo...

Honestly it seems more like a partnership than a distribution agreement. Huish's website (https://www.huishoutdoors.com/suunto/) and the press release itself make it sound like Suunto Outdoors is another brand like the others Huish actually owns, so I'm not confident where they stand. I always assumed Huish owned Suunto given their own site's materials.

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