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Rebble · Core Devices Keeps Stealing Our Work [Update: see comment] (rebble.io)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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For context, Core devices is the new company by the founder of Pebble to make pebbles again. Rebble is the org that kept pebbles running when Pebble disappeared

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[–] 8 points 9 months ago (1 child)

Reading this seems... fair? And there's evidence to back him up it seems?

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago

    Claiming that someone stole what you stole is a little hypocritical. Not having a Pebble, and having discovered them just after they were shut down by Google, I'm glad Rebble did what they did. But claiming ownership seems a little over the top. Having an archive of apps available via a third-party site sounds like a win for both parties, except for the financial side. Certainly, not paying anything would be a benefit for RePebble, and not having an option to charge anything would be a loss for Rebble, but it sounds like an unmitigated win for Pebble and RePebble users.

    RePebble seems to be very committed to going FOSS, up to releasing some or all of their code as GPL3, which is hard to argue around. I'll be revisiting this saga in 6 months or so when I'm in the market for a smart watch.

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