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Amazon shuts down Halo division and discontinues all devices

by computerliker on 4/26/23, 8:01 PM with 5 comments

• by salad-tycoon on 4/27/23, 12:20 AM

  I bought a halo view for $20. It was pretty okay ish, which is what I expected but all I wanted was an accurate-ish optical heart rate monitor. It was awful. The worst of any device I’ve ever had.

  I got a replacement and same deal.

  Not surprised.

  I only bought it because it had 765 day return policy. Guess I won’t be needing to do that.

• by Mistletoe on 4/27/23, 1:23 AM

  This makes me so mad. My girlfriend just bought this for me a few months ago. I wanted a simple heart rate monitor to wear while I run and this worked well.

  Never again, Amazon. Their email encouraged me to recycle it. I feel like I’m in some Terry Gilliam movie.

• by rektide on 4/27/23, 1:43 AM

  Right to repair should be applied & should mandate they open the devices so others can maintain & repair them & translate them to alternative back end services.