• JIMMERZ@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    Any Google smartwatch. I bought 2 at one point. A sport and a dress watch. Both only lasted about a year before the software rendered them useless. I’m now back on analogue watches.

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      3 months ago

      I absolutely loved my LG Android watch from a couple years ago. Used it constantly

      But then a major update for Android Wear was released, and it completely changed the UX and UI. It was absolutely annoying to use suddenly

      Stopped using it a week after the release. Never had an android wear watch since

      • Angry_Autist (he/him)@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        Your experience is so common that I don’t understand why manufacturers keep doing it. Sure I get people want updates, but major UI changes should be optional.

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      3 months ago

      It’s almost aggressive how quickly smart devices get shuttered, being an oldschool techhead I’ve always dreamed of being a walking compute center, but just like smart house gear, you can’t expect a thing you buy today to work next week and we are just conditioned to accept it.

    • tiredofsametab@kbin.run
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      3 months ago

      I have a pixel watch I bought around its launch (IIRC) and it’s still going fine today. The only issue I’ve had is, since starting farming, the little dial can gum up a bit, but it can be cleaned.