[baldfat]

Watch further establishes people into the Walled Garden which is Apple.

I still think people just don't wear watches will cause watches to be a very minimal form of wearables.

I seriously would wear a bracelet that had a larger usable surface and longer battery life and faster cpu :)

[gurkendoktor]

The current Watch will be outdated really, really fast. I don't think owning the current generation of Watch will make people buy an iPhone over an Android in 2016 or 2017.

In terms of lock-in strategies, iCloud Photo Library feels a lot more powerful to me. Can't wait to see if Apple can get their services fixed in the long term :)

[billyhoffman]

> I seriously would wear a bracelet that had a larger usable surface

Then Will.i.am would like to sell you a smart cuff/bracelet thingy:

http://www.puls.com/

Sadly, despite being huge, it gets worse life than an Apple Watch, even if you don't use it as a cell phone.

[TazeTSchnitzel]

People stopped wearing watches in the iPhone era. Perhaps in the Apple Watch era that will be reversed.

[clifff44]

Walled Garden. I like the metaphors.

[ceequof]

It's an old metaphor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walled_garden_(technology)