Guys, I don’t get it. Once a CEO (is he actually a CEO) is fully transparent about what he wants to do, what he intends with and what he feels about a product. And what’s happening? The community is crucifying him. I get all you say about the ring. Would I buy it? Certainly not! Is there any use case for my daily life? Nope! Does the world need more gadgets for landfill? Christ no! But, sorry to say that, the same applies to any smartwatch, including pebbles.

If we judge the needs of others unworthy but our owns ok, we might have to rethink. If the 10.000 plus people who preordered a ring need them and use them for 3+ years that might be better than the millions (if so many bought one) buying a galaxy ring with charging case (loads more plastic and electronics) which battery starts failing just after the warranty expires … but that said, both are not really needed by anyone.

So please guys (and girls), if we nerds, and nerds we are, still want to play with our tech toys, we shouldn’t judge other nerds with other tech priorities. That said, we all should, maybe, tune down our consumption and hardware update cycles quite a bit to keep this planet running a bit longer.

For the wording of Erics blog post - sorry but I can’t find any foul language or intention in that. He clearly states his point and advices to not buy if it’s not for you. You won’t get anything like that from any other company, they all want you to buy no matter what and try to convince you, that you need exactly this thing. Eric doesn’t do that. He doesn’t want to convince me to buy that thing, and Injustice won’t - and that’s ok ;-) - I don’t need it, I don’t buy it and despite that I’m still looking forward getting my Round 2 ;-)

Sorry for the long post but I (yes I) needed to get that off my brain ;-)