[azulster]

> The better analogy is probably something like the Apple Watch.

first apple watch was afailure and immediately fixed by the watch 2

>Apple made the first mainstream acceptable smartwatch by smoothing over a lot of the complaints about their competitors,

if anything apple set back smart watch development, the real groundbreaker was Pebble, but thanks to apple the smart wtach market is a stagnant perpetual compromise to justify low battery life with overpowered chips and bright screens, when all we really want is week-long batteries, e-ink always on displays, and physical buttons to work well.

i say this as an owner of at least 2 apple watches over the years. pebble never had a chance, but android's watch software has always suffered on trying to play apple's game instead of finding a true advantage