I'm looking at fitness trackers / smart watches again and going insane...
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I hate shopping for electronics. There's too many options and none of them are quite what I want and most tech is ugly and ugh...
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The Garmin Lily is genuinely pretty and clearly designed for women ✅ but it's CA$400 for a device that's probably a great fitness tracker but pretty dumb as smart watches go.
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I can get just as good (maybe?) a fitness tracker from FitBit but that's also a smart(ish) watch for CA$150 but it's ugly as sin.
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Apple Watch SE is probably the best as smart watches go, it's an okay tracker, but it's aesthetically meh.
Given how many people wear them, it's not like they look that out of place with anything and you at least have a lot of options when it comes to bands. But, seriously, the slightly rounded rectangle really isn't it when it comes to watch aesthetics.
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I really hate how it's "pay more for it to not look ugly as sin". Really? Why? Does everyone who wears a fitness tracker really want to advertise to everyone that they're the kind of person who wears a fitness tracker?
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@faithisleaping consider it a form mating plumage.
@yantor3d Yeah, bit I don't think I want to mate with anyone who's attracted to smartwatches.
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@faithisleaping To each their own.
For a time my hypothetical green flag was "can she beat me in a sword fight?"
@yantor3d Oh, that’s entirely fair. But I’m not sure wearing a Fitbit implies that. There’s a whole lot of fitness culture that’s super toxic and I don’t want to attract that.
