• EatYouWell@lemmy.world
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    This is how I feel about smart watches. I just want something to get notifications on, find my phone when I set it down somewhere stupid, and control my music. I don’t need it to have apps or a thousand useless features that cause the battery to only last a day or two.

    The garmin instinct has been the closest I’ve gotten, but I wish it wasn’t so ‘sports watch’ looking.

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      I have no experience with it myself but apparently Pinetime is a 30 buck watch that you can install a custom OS on / can customize your features.

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      i like fucking with my devices tho…
      if it has a screen it will play bad apple and i will port all of my shit to it.
      I’m considering switching to mi band 7/some other ZeppOS device (maybe Amazfit?) from my Huawei band
      (zepp has js mini-apps)

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    Then you find out those “superior” multi thousands of dollars watches require regular service and tuning.

    Literally a pointless pit for people with more money than they know what to do with to dump it in.

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      I mean how else are you supposed to remind yourself you are rich, ofc you need a biweekly watch tuning appointment

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      No one sane is arguing that an expensive mechanical watch is better at telling the time than a cheap quartz watch. If you want accuracy, don’t buy a rolex.

      Personally, I think a fancy watch is more comparable to buying an art piece. A painting is not “superior” just because it portraits its subject with more accuracy. Similarly, a watch is not “superior” if it tells the time with more accuracy.

      I wear a watch because I like the watch. I like a mechanical watch with an open back so I can look at the gears turning inside. I like the attention to detail in the design. I like how the little hour indicators are polished to a mirror finish. For me, it is a piece of jewelry, that also tells the time.

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      They actually go up in value though. Go look at Rolex Submariners on eBay, the old ones cost more than the new ones. They’re also very beautiful.

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      Good Lord. It’s fashion, and nearly all of them retain value and can be resold.

      I know it’s not cool like building a 4k USD computer with flashy lights but cut them a break.

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    Interestingly, this is one of the reasons video chatting exists at all. It was invented originally to watch a coffee pot in a different room.

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      Hm. This seems to belong in the other meme post about face timing your pot on the stove, not this one which is showing how a frog watch is superior to a Rolex. Or my client has a really weird bug.

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        If you noticed this why didn’t you just post in the FaceTime thread about frog watch and restore balance? You’re really dropping the ball here, Flounder.

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        I only just noticed this. I have no idea how it replied to the wrong thread. I’ve never even seen the meme here before…

  • thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com
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    This is how I feel about smart watches. I just want something to get notifications on, find my phone when I set it down somewhere stupid, and control my music. I don’t need it to have apps or a thousand useless features that cause the battery to only last a day or two.

    The garmin instinct has been the closest I’ve gotten, but I wish it wasn’t so ‘sports watch’ looking.