• Destroyer of Worlds 3000
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    04 months ago

    I bought an apple watch out of fomo because my wife had one. I could not for the life of me figure out what this fucking thing was for. Like, do I need another reminder to look at my phone? I don’t need the “health” app either. The watch “faces” are in such a walled garden limbo its fucking embarrassing. If anything, it reminds me of its limitations more than any potential. Move that feeling to something you strap to your face and lug around a tethered 2 hour battery. Do you wear it out to dinner? Or around the house to what, look at your own stuff? Is it just to watch movies on? I can’t think of a single application that is better because of it. The tech for a pilot or racecar driver or any other headsup display need is already out there. Its redundant and extremely gimicky. When you see a product like this you can tell there is panic in the R&D department.

    • @[email protected]
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      134 months ago

      I mean if you don’t use the health app you’ve eliminated like 90% of what the watch is for. The entire premise is a wearable biometric sensor that also functions as a direct link to your phone.

      I have an ultra that I use for a ton of stuff. I originally got an SE for the better sleep tracking, but that turned into using it for workouts at which point I got a series 8. When I got into longer distance cycling (75-100 miles) the battery on that didn’t last long enough so I upped to the ultra.

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      4 months ago

      I don’t know what fomo means, but the trick with the Apple Watch for me was to uninstall all the apps by default then anytime I used my phone and thought, “You know, I could probably just do this just as easily from my watch,” I reinstalled that app (or something similar). Ended up taking my phone out of my pocket less frequently and ending up with better battery life.

      None of this applies to an AVP, though, but it really isn’t hard to come up with a few useful ideas for that kind of tech in and around the home. Maybe not at it’s current price point, though. (And certainly not out on the streets like some doofuses are doing.)

      • TucsonRobot
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        14 months ago

        I did something similar with my Apple Watch but in the opposite direction. Whenever I get a notification I think is this helpful or annoying? Anything annoying gets deleted or notifications turned off.

    • Deceptichum
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      24 months ago

      I cant carry my phone on me wt work, so the Apple watch has been great for that.

      Other than that its a watch and it does that.

      • nocturne
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        14 months ago

        I used to do front of house audio and had to keep my phone on silent… but at the same time watch for texts and emails from my boss during shows. Having a watch for her notifications was a life (and job saver).