> it is a damn shame that FitBit was allowed to purchase the company
Pebble failed financially and put its assets up for sale, some of which were bought by Fitbit.
> and immediately shut it down
Fitbit kept servers running for years that supported Pebble devices.
I'm a Fitbit employee but don't speak for Fitbit. An official response wouldn't be so terse; I'm just annoyed that this falsehood keeps going years later.
Sincere thanks for clearing this up, I only saw the big optics on this (pebble 2 successfully crowdfunded, then later Pebble is shutting down while FitBit acquires it).
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> it is a damn shame that FitBit was allowed to purchase the company
Pebble failed financially and put its assets up for sale, some of which were bought by Fitbit.
> and immediately shut it down
Fitbit kept servers running for years that supported Pebble devices.
I'm a Fitbit employee but don't speak for Fitbit. An official response wouldn't be so terse; I'm just annoyed that this falsehood keeps going years later.