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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by badrequest on Thursday March 21, 2024 @01:21PM (#39781564)
> The smartwatch never took off as a platform

And you think Apple had no role to play in this by making most of them useless on their devices?

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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by shuckles on Thursday March 21, 2024 @01:37PM (#39781794)
There is no reason to believe lack of background activity support on iPhone is the reason smartwatches haven’t taken off as a computing platform.
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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by harkinian on Thursday March 21, 2024 @01:38PM (#39781817)
They're useless period
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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by mattl on Thursday March 21, 2024 @02:27PM (#39782473)
I use mine all day, every day... fantastic device.

Have you used one? Which one?

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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by harkinian on Thursday March 21, 2024 @06:08PM (#39785009)
I've never used one, because they have no use.
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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by mattl on Thursday March 21, 2024 @06:25PM (#39785185)
Have you used a fitness tracker of any kind?
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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by harkinian on Thursday March 21, 2024 @07:31PM (#39785692)
No
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