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Re:Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones by fiddlerwoaroof on Tuesday March 18, 2025 @02:59PM (#43403418)
I absolutely hate these sorts of nagging popups and I’m happy that a vendor I already have to trust doesn’t pop them up when I acquire a new product and sign it into my Apple account.

Imo, if this were to happen, it should happen by allowing devices like the pebble watch to sign into an Apple account and acquire permissions through that process rather than nagging on my phone on pairing.

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Re:Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones by dns_snek on Tuesday March 18, 2025 @03:14PM (#43403647)
What are you proposing exactly? What can be simpler than a single Yes/No prompt?
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Re:Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones by recursive on Tuesday March 18, 2025 @03:50PM (#43404162)
No prompts. No interoperability with non-Apple products or services. Maximum security. Minimum interaction with unwashed masses.
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Re:Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones by fiddlerwoaroof on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @09:16PM (#43419025)
I think I was pretty clear. You setup your pebble watch via openid connect/oauth like any other API client. No nag popups, manual Bluetooth pairing, etc.
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Re:Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones by dns_snek on Thursday March 20, 2025 @09:21AM (#43422917)
That's way more steps, making it more annoying to set up, not less.
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Re:Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones by fiddlerwoaroof on Thursday March 20, 2025 @12:53PM (#43425682)
Only if you consider connecting to a single phone. The advantage of what I’m proposing is the watch would automatically work with whichever other Apple devices are on your account.
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