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Thanks for sharing your pros and cons!

What do you think is the PineTime's biggest strength when compared with a mainstream smartwatch?

Have you found the watch to be hackable? Is there any sort of customization that you've done to it?



>What do you think is the PineTime's biggest strength when compared with a mainstream smartwatch?

Frankly, I think the combination of price/replaceability and privacy are the only things unique (besides niche FOSS modding) to it among smart watches; and I like the open aspect of essentially every detail.

It makes it the only smart watch I've used that feels like it respects my dignity, frankly. A minor philosophical quibble but one I take stoic pleasure in. It is a tool, and technology that serves me, not another.

> Have you found the watch to be hackable? Is there any sort of customization that you've done to it?

I actually got it hoping I'd have the inclination to tinker with it, but my only idea that wasn't already being worked on by the default "OS" is a red flashlight mode, which with the IPS screen is a moot point anyways, since the black pixels when turned on make for a low-light flashlight anyways, heh. A hardware drawback that ironically makes it a more accessible tool in my experience.




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