Why I Got into Watches: Rejecting Smartwatches

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Introduction A few years back I became interested in the idea of getting a smartwatch. However, what I found when I started doing research into them was nothing short of horrifying. Take the journey with me as I talk about why I thought a smartwatch would be a good fit in my life, to the realization that there was no chance I would ever buy one of them. The level of enshittification that exists in this market segment is stunning. It is so rampant that in the end I went a different, and surprising (especially to me) direction, which has a few of its own twists. I will say this: my research into smartwatches and the accompanying applications proved to me that old-fashioned wristwatches are still a great piece of technology today. The Search for a Smartwatch It generally starts with something simple. That something simple in this case: my old cellphone had a step counter. When I replaced the phone, I no longer had a step counter. I hear you asking: “But…