PR statements always make me think of the sample sentence “I never said you did that,” which can have different implications depending on which word is emphasized.

Lol same, my watch has congratulated me many times for reaching an hourly or daily step goal while I’m driving.

I have an Omron step counter, which is pretty accurate. Later on I got a smart watch (Pixel watch 3) which always counts far more steps than the Omron, like as much as 20% more. I assume it’s because it’s on my wrist, which moves a lot more than my hip, where the Omron is. And if it factors steps into calculating calories burned, it absolutely is going to be wrong.

Even if you like the non boring appearance, the quality of the build is, to my understanding, terrible. Sharp edges on the steel, unevenly aligned everything, corrosion, the giant wiper gets too much stress and fails, etc.

I’m surprised by that but maybe your average user has more sense than I’m giving them credit for.

I’m currently pissed off at my dishwasher. I had a Bosch 500 at my old house, it was great. Moved to a new house, dishwasher fails, I replace it with another Bosch 500. In the 4 years they took features away. The top rack no longer is hinged , the time display is gone, replaced by 3 LEDs indicating time remaining, and the delay start is entirely gone unless you use the app. Classic enshittification.

Plus it’s always prompting you to get their app if you scroll down a half a page in old.reddit on your phone. You can get around this by setting desktop mode but I’m sure they’ll figure out a way to get around that too.

Facebook does the same thing by breaking features that worked in the browser to try to force you to their app. Sucks