Apple to Remove Blood-Oxygen Sensor From Watch to Avoid U.S. Ban::Tech giant’s withdrawal of technology may end cloud hanging over $18 billion smartwatch business
A decision on Apple’s request for a permanent stay on the U.S. ban during its appeal is expected in the coming days.
An Apple spokeswoman said that the blood-oxygen feature would continue to be available on the watches for now.
Still at the maybe maybe maybe stage.
Based on the article and other comments about the dispute, it seems like a justified legal move, but I hope they come around to an agreement regarding existing devices, rather than something insane, such as disabling the functionality on existing consumer devices.
I was given an Apple Watch in 2017. I replaced that (functioning just fine) watch about a year ago with a model with a pulse oximeter, specifically because I wanted the feature.
“What should we do? Just PAY the developer for the feature? Nah, we’ll just continue to file lawsuits and eventually settle in the inevitable class action from buyers which will certainly not be more than what we would have spent just licensing it in the first place”
Look, I’m not one for patent trolling, but this is pretty blatant on Apple’s end and as a Series 9 owner it’s annoying because it’s a feature I upgraded for that I’ll lose access to just because they don’t want to be told they’re wrong. Such corporate bullshit.
They couldn’t do that without somehow compensating you. Not saying that is better but they can’t cripple a product that you have paid for.
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That will end up as a class action lawsuit with some merit. There will be a race to file this one.
Won’t get much back though. It’ll be a small refund based on the cost of the feature relative to the overall purchase price.
What about all the customers who bought it for that feature?
Pay wall
Managed to find this: https://archive.is/PrxAV
Paywall Bypass is less work than the comment :)
Fr, wish OP would just post the paywall bypass link
They’re typically extensions to avoid the paywall w/ JS.
I’m not going to archive the websites most of us can view w/o any issues.
How?
Click link, view article.
I can’t say I like Apple, but damn the whole patent thing sucks!
You’re getting downvoted a lot, but honestly you’re right. The fact that corporations are arguing over who gets to use technology that could help people with, or could have, medical conditions is really depressing. I get that an Apple Match isn’t going to be that accurate, but it could still be a sign that something is off.
Technology could help people, but I guess this is why we can’t have nice things.
