Yeah I didn’t care as much about degoogling 3 years ago when I got it. And I hadn’t opened my eyes to what lengths these companies do to limit your freedoms for their gain. I will definitely look into the pebble when it comes out.

Syncing to your phone and analytics. But Fitbit doesn’t give you the option to get those analytics through third party apps.

I bought vivoactive and sent it back because its app couldn’t do what I wanted.

I just hate how you’re locked into their app regardless. I want more control of what metrics and reminders I want to get. Fitbit can give you a reminder if you havent done your 250 steps this hour. Garmin can remind you to make steps every now and then. What if I want custom reminders like “vibrate if heart rate has been below x for y minutes” or choose graphs that I can put as widgets. No control over any of it.

Oh you’re right, I think it does indeed have what I need. I wonder what open source app I could get for my iPhone now that EU has forced Apple to allow third party app stores.

Yes, but I haven’t managed to find something yet. It seems it should be easy enough. I have an iPhone though still. I don’t want to replace it until I have to.

Look really good! :)

At the moment I still have iOS, so maybe for my next phone!

What is gadgetbridge and what do you get out of it?

I wanted something that reminds me every time I have been sedentary for too long by vibrating so I can get up and move. I often get lost in my research and I don’t want it to affect my health. There are other ways to deal with this yes.

Garmin too, but it didn’t suit my needs. I tried it.

I love the idea of pebble, but I’m using it as a fitness tracker (steps and pulse etc). I wish there was a fitness tracker where I have full control of what metrics I wanna monitor and how to monitor them and when it should vibrate etc. none of that I have with Fitbit.

I don’t use a mouse

Just would be nice to avoid the pain of spending weeks setting everything up only to find out later that someone essential for me doesn’t work. I guess just part of the process

I think I can live with that

Thank you for saying this. I wonder which vendor is best value for money.

That is one of the things I learned. It’s hard to know what I need without knowing what I could need. Sometimes you don’t know what you use until it’s missing.

Thanks for sharing!

I’ve gotten a lot of useful advice! I wasn’t looking for a write up, but an existing guide out there. I’m happy with everything people have written.

I was also suggested purityc, framework, and system76, what is especially good about starlabs?