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[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 6 days ago

Basically all their products are essentially dev kits. They are not meant for normal consumers. At least thwts how it has been for the phone, laptop, watch, etc.

[-] Ghoelian@piefed.social 3 points 6 days ago

The PineTime works great as a regular device as well! I did do a little dev'ing to get the weather to show in a watchface that hadn't been updated to include it yet, but other than that it's a solid device imo.

[-] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 days ago

Which I guess is a nice way to avoid legislation...

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Sure, but they wouldnt exist without that. Making micro batches of specialized hardware is not profitable at all. Offering a real warranty would immediately bankrupt them. If they sold more than a few thousand devices per model then i would care, but meanwhile big manufacturers get away with so much worse.

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