• actionjbone@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    Which business model are they going for - screwing over their former employees? Or selling access to something that doesn’t belong to them? Or are they going to try to combine them both this time?

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      3 days ago

      The former pebble employees at Google worked hard to get the OS open source, so I think it’s fair to assume they were hoping for this outcome. And the repebble team (who are the ones"bringing it back") have been working on providing support and keeping the original pebble watches going for years now.

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      2 days ago

      I’m confused what you’re asking. Google opens sourced the pebble code, which they acquired from their purchase of Fitbit, who acquired it when they purchased pebble. Repebble is an open source project that has been trying to keep the original pebble watches working since Fitbit shut pebble down.