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Originally Posted by Alistair
And you're likely getting biannual security updates, if that.
It is annoying that devices go out of support periodically. But, there is a cost to the vendor to keep the software secure and up-to-date. And consumers generally don't want to pay for updates, so that cost is baked into the purchase price with an implicit expectation that the life of the device is limited.
That said, bricking a device (as happened with the OP's watch) is a ****ty thing to do. The software should have been written to allow the watch to continue being used, but without any connectivity back to the phone (although that makes the smart watch pretty not-smart).
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Yeah it's a companion piece....you can't run a watch without an iPhone as far as I know. The watch is basically a shared screen and a sensor or two.