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Fitbit is reportedly buying troubled smartwatch maker Pebble for around $40 million
It looks consolidation is acoming to the wearables space with Fitbit set to acquire smartwatch maker and $20 million Kickstarter-darling Pebble, according to..
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As I put on the pebble subreddit this is pissing me off, I really like the Pebble E-ink stuff, it's better than an apple watch any day to me because it has good battery life and the time never shuts off. The fact that almost all articles state that Fitbit is buying them and shutting them down is fucked up, especially with Pebble knowing all along that was probably the plan and still running Kickstarter stuff for new watches, effectively stealing money. Not to mention selling the Pebble 2 in time for Christmas... just a fucked up situation based on what they've done to customers if this happens.