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   jwz (jwz@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jul-2024 05:53:19 JST jwz

   Nike killing app for $350 self-tying sneakers.

   "Oh no"

   Using Bluetooth, the sneakers paired to the Adapt app that let users do things like tighten or loosen the shoes' laces and control its LED lights. However, Nike has announced that it's "retiring"...
   https://jwz.org/b/ykWX

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     Rick Osborne (rick@ricko.social)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jul-2024 05:55:15 JST Rick Osborne

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     @jwz It's interesting, to me, that Ars says:

     > Nike's tech inexperience played a role, as the company's testing reportedly didn't fully consider all the different phone models in use and their varying Bluetooth capabilities.

     Which is BS, as Nike's been making apps since at least 2006:

     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike%2BiPod

     And Nike said the same thing about the Nike+ app for years.

     Having said that, it's always been clear their tech team ran on a shoestring (sorry!) budget and had retention issues.

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     qdot (qdot@buttplug.engineer)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jul-2024 05:56:11 JST qdot

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     • buttplug.io ??

     @jwz WTF. How the fuck did no one ever ask for @buttplugio support for these.

     There's foot people and bondage people and that venn diagram DEFINITELY has overlaps.

     (I do suspect these probably have some sort of encryption on the protocol, other Nike products have)

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