they were bought out by competition, why make better products of you can simply buy off competitors.
Pebble was competing with Fitbit so Fitbit bought them, then Google bought Fitbit because they were competing in the smart watch market.
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Jhex@lemmy.world 2 days agosuccessful products do not exit the market
Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Jhex@lemmy.world 1 day ago
as pointed in the ps on my orginal comment, I just found out about that and removed the “failed” adjective from my question
PlasticPaperplane@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
They were bought by Fitbit.
Jhex@lemmy.world 2 days ago
yes, and discontinued right after, no?
look don’t get me wrong, I like the product and curious about its return. I just find it strange to pretend a version 2 of a product is “unique”
That is Apple level of “we inveted this thing that has been in the market for 2 years”
O_R_I_O_N@lemm.ee 2 days ago
They were bought bc they where competitive budget smartwatches that gave their userbase freedom. Fitbit bought them just to emilimate them as competition. Further more the fact that theres still a pebble community all these years later still using and loving an old smartwatch proves not only where they succesful but fitbit was not. Fitbit is gone, and pebble rises again from their ashes like a pheonix
Jhex@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Alright TIL, thanks for the informational reply