Privacy

Pebble was from a time when enshittifiaction wasn't as terrible as it is today, and died (post acquisition) before it could really be implemented in its products. Eric Migicovsky is an odd duck in that regard. Between this and Beeper, privacy has always been "not great, not malicious (yet)", and before enshittifiaction could set in under his watch, the company gets bought out by a bigger one with a truly lousy CEO.

Under his watch. Heh.

Pebble was possibly one of the last great tech innovations before AI, in its desperate attempt to sell our stolen data back to us in a thoroughly butchered format. Which means it pains me to read

Upgrades to the hardware will include a speaker alongside the microphone, which Migicovsky teases will be used for talking with AI assistants (ChatGPT being one example).

Personal home labs might be able to go much further with this, I hope.

Considering how popular this product originally was with hackers and open source enthusiasts, I really hope the hardware has as much longevity as its predecessor. And considering that was closed source and got so much mileage, I have the feeling that this will be better simply by how open-source works.