Everybody that is appalled by #SmartWatches due to their highly personal data grabbing, should check out https://gadgetbridge.org/ !

Great project that makes smart watches usable for #privacy valuing plebs!


Very cool, thanks for sharing!


So I used to wear a watch. It told me the time.

And then we got smartphones...

And people asked me "Why do you wear a watch? Your phone tells the time!"

And I stopped wearing a watch, and used my phone to look up the time.

And then we got smart watches...

And people asked me "Why don't you wear a smartwatch? You can tell the time without having to look at your phone!!"

*sigh*

So I've decided I'm now going to buy a Timex and go back to wearing a watch.

And I can simply tell people "It's a smart watch! It can tell the time! And I no longer have to look at my phone!!"

And everyone will applaud my ingenuity...


:D
People will be amazed when you tell them how long the battery if your "smartwatch" lasts.
I just got my first smartwatch, used for 20€  a week ago for cycling running and working out. Integrated gps and heart rate monitoring is nice for sports. I don't need my phone to record the tracks.
As of now I don't wear it much outside these activities. Sleep tracking is kinda nice too.


Love it. Same story for me. Bought one of those solar powered self time setting Casio watches. It tells the time and that's it.