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Pebble OS is already running on new hardware following source code drop (9to5google.com)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (25 children)

I really don't understand the significance of this. If there were really a market for epaper watches, why did no one make them for the last 10 years? Was PebbleOS really so amazing that no one could replicate anything similar?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The Pebble platform doesn't make it super easy to monetize itself beyond hardware sales. There's no reason to make a watch like this from a business perspective. Plenty probably could, but no one with the resources to do it properly wanted to make something similar.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Well, if you're not more greed than man, hardware sales might be enough for you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Except the creator said he will be selling a new one...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hobbyists do lots of stuff that companies won't.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 days ago

It's not a hobby, he's going to sell them.

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