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Re:Pebble Time 2* Design Reveal by leokennis on Thursday August 14, 2025 @04:22AM (#44898084)
And still the Garmin offers much of the same functionality. It seems Apple is wasting 30 × battery life just to be 2 × "nicer" than a Garmin.
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Re:Pebble Time 2* Design Reveal by dspillett on Thursday August 14, 2025 @05:36AM (#44898517)
That is the (modern) Apple way. They optimise for smooth experience first¹, other factors second.

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[1] Actually second, their priorities are money->UX->others - hence being uncooperative with any efforts to improve standard web apps despite the potential user benefits as they could compete with their appstore

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