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    Russell Has Spoken‏Verified account @russellholly Nov 1
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    Russell Has Spoken Retweeted Android Central

    This is great news for both Fitbit and Google, in my opinion. But it's also going to be around two years before this union creates something that could be considered functional competition for Apple.https://twitter.com/androidcentral/status/1190255253557587969 …

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    Google just bought Fitbit for $2.1 billion 🤯 https://www.androidcentral.com/google-has-officially-purchased-fitbit-21-billion?utm_source=ac_tw&utm_medium=tw_card&utm_content=81865&utm_campaign=social …
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      1. Russell Has Spoken‏Verified account @russellholly Nov 1
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        I had some additional things to say about this over with the folks at Yahoo Finance if you'd like to take a lookhttps://finance.yahoo.com/video/why-google-wants-fitbit-part-153951427.html …

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      2. Chris Sewell‏ @k13chris Nov 1
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        And 2 years later google kills Fitbit

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      3. Russell Has Spoken‏Verified account @russellholly Nov 1
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        Just like it did Nest! Wait.

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      2. Jean-Baptiste Queru‏ @jbqueru Nov 1
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        The cynic in me is already wondering how many account migrations they'll botch and how much hardware they'll deprecate as a result.

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      3. Russell Has Spoken‏Verified account @russellholly Nov 1
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        I think that assumes the intent is integration on that scale, which I'm not convinced is the case? Fitbit as a brand is extremely valuable, it seems way more likely that improving that brand position is more valuable than integration.

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      2. Cam  🧐‏Verified account @Summerson Nov 1
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        I wish I shared your enthusiasm. :/

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      3. Russell Has Spoken‏Verified account @russellholly Nov 1
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        There is also this sort of looming shadow in the back of my mind which fully recognizes piling all of these resources into one or two baskets stifles innovation and kills niche features. And that has the potential to deeply harm the ecosystem as a whole.

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      2. Scott Stein‏Verified account @jetscott Nov 1
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        Couldn’t Fitbit ecosystem be applied to whatever watch Google is working on next, on the back end? Next year?

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      3. Russell Has Spoken‏Verified account @russellholly Nov 1
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        Maybe some base level integrations, but I think the bigger play is building on the Fitbit brand, like Google did with Nest.

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      2. Villain McBeardface‏Verified account @tshakaarmstrong Nov 1
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        Given Google's history with hardware, you're not a bit dubious of this transaction? I mean, yes, Google Home and Pixel phones have been awesome but Wear OS (not hardware, I know) and many other hardware disappointments make me a bit cautious of this.

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        Replying to @tshakaarmstrong

        Kind of a different world with Osterloh at the helm, can’t really compare imo

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