• sayitghoul@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I was interested in Beeper until I saw that it was run by the guy who ran Pebble.

    Massive red flag for me. This’ll be abandoned just like he did Pebble…

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        1 year ago

        Pebble was bought out by Fitbit, who got bought out by Google. I had the kickstarter Pebble and felt Eric did an awesome job. But really it was the Apple watch that killed Pebble in the marketplace tbh.

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          1 year ago

          No, it’s selling it. The sale itself isn’t what killed it.

          Companies/IP/Products get sold to other entities all the time, many continue on. What you’re upset at is the aftermath of the sale, so until such an event happens here I don’t see any reason to be concerned.

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            1 year ago

            And, from what I recall, selling was the best option. They over extended themselves with the pebble color and steel and we’re going to go out of business anyway. I really miss my pebble though.

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      1 year ago

      Although, what’s the worst that happens if Beeper dies in a couple months? Your bubbles turn green on iOS.

      Media quality between platforms is finally getting addressed with Apple adopting RCS.

      Only real gap is cross-messaging-platform end to end encryption, which is also on the roadmap for RCS. And if you’re really worried about security, handing over your iCloud credentials to a third party probably isn’t a great idea anyway.