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[–] 116 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

Oh that's rich. So what they're saying is somehow every other smartwatch company can engineer not only a way to solve the technical limitations, but a full smartwatch in under three years, while one of the most powerful tech companies somehow thought "naah, connecting to android is a lot more difficult than a self driving car or a VR headset with an integrated computer and video passthrough, we better shelve that idea".

Yeah ok Apple.

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  • [–] 60 points 2 years ago (1 child)
  • Oh I'm sure they "tried" in a very circuitous, unfavorable, nobody-would-ever-have-agreed-to-this way.

    Kind of like saying "can I download my indie game to your computer and also kick you in your genitals with a spiky boot?"

    Before anyone tries pointing out that's not exactly how it would have happened, I suggest you look up "hyperbole"

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  • [–] 59 points 2 years ago

    "trying"

    Nice try, Apple.

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago

    They tried thinking about it and decided nah.

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  • if google can bring android wear to ios then apple could bring apple watch to android easily

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    Lol the only way they'd do that is if they could force playstore to pay 30%

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Uh, is that the response to Google saying Apple is blocking their Google "AirTags" a few days ago?

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago*

    We were really trying hard, but there were no Android devices with FireWire 400 port available so we couldn't connect to our developer team's hardware...

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  • [+] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
    [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    3 years doing what? 0 effort to have exactly what we see here now?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Does anyone on Android even want an Apple watch? Seems like they'd have an iPhone at that point as well.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    To be fair, Apple engineers are pretty stupid.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    They really aren't. As much as I hate Apple, their engineers are skilled people kneecapped by corporate decisions.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Not the Software Engineers though.

    Apple is pretty low-Paying for industry standards which means that a lot of people work there for their Resume and then move on

    Or at least that was the case a few years ago.

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