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Google says it can’t fix Pixel Watches, please just buy a new one | With no official repair program and no parts, broken Pixel Watches are just e-waste.::With no official repair program and no parts, broken Pixel Watches are just e-waste.

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't mind that excuse about my Mi Band 6, because it was like £25.

I would mind that excuse when we're talking about a £339 smartwatch. So I won't buy one.

I won't buy a Fitbit either, because the wife had one and every week was a complex dance of restarting the phone and watch several times until they agreed to connect to each other.

[–] Saneless@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And they pretty much have made most of the utility locked behind an $80 subscription

No thanks

[–] radostin04@pawb.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why would a smartwatch need a subscription?? what does it even do?

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Without the subscription, you have to pay 99 cents to check the time.