Vit

joined 1 year ago
[–] Vit@lemmy.world 33 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I've been using this app for the past several months. I really appreciate the fact that you can just go about your day and then open the app 1 time in the evening and see all of your progress at once. Ultimately it's been a way better way to inspire me to get out and walk more than Pokemon Go was.

With PoGo, I'd constantly be stopping while walking about so that I could catch Pokemon. On top of that, with PoGo my routes were more or less predetermined since I'd need to walk specific places to spin stops to have enough pokeballs to keep playing. Not to mention the heavy battery drain with PoGo as the screen and GPS were constantly in-use. Additionally, PoGo always made me feel a bit awkward walking around parks if kids were playing nearby since I'm sure I looked like a total creep with my phone out...

But no more! Now I put my phone in my pocket and walk whatever direction I'd like for however long I want. No stopping, no battery drain, no daily streaks to maintain, no FOMO events to try and keep me using the app. And no more looking like a weirdo lol.

Love this app, thank you for making it. I hope one day soon it can use my activity tracker (I use a Fitbit) instead of relying solely on the phone being in my pocket, but my expectations have been blown away regardless. Phenomenal job.

[–] Vit@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for sharing! This one looks very interesting to me as I've played Terraria quite a lot. Certainly going to be keeping an eye on this one now.

[–] Vit@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago

And that's incredibly unfortunate. Make no mistake, I'm not arguing in favor of the companies here. I was merely pointing out that TVs are not one of the impractical "smart" devices, which I believe you implied. There's plenty of good use cases for an internet connected TV, and I don't think users are stupid for wanting one. I too wish that we could have nice things not be ruined by corporate greed. That's all. Have a good day.

[–] Vit@lemmy.world 31 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Well sure, but we're not talking about a washing machine or a refrigerator. Currently most media we watch is over the internet, so I at least don't consider a TV with an internet connection "pointlessly" online.