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Garmin still has pay-to-unlock shit in their app? I just checked, yes they do, and advertises at you on the app's home screen. So, still no sale.
And Fenix owners, don't get used to this. Garmin has apparently already abandoned the Fenix 7 which was only released in 2023. Surely nobody keeps an $800 watch for more than a year, right?
I used to recommend Garmin watches to people. Nowadays, I recommend you just buy a dumb Timex with a pedometer in it.
I mean, even if it was released end of 2023, that's two years now, not just one...
The point being, they abandoned updating it last year after roughly only a year and a half since its release.
People who still own one now have had it for two years and possibly some change. That doesn't have anything to do with how quickly Garmin dropped it.
But what do you need updates for? If it’s not internet connected then security isn’t a huge concern. So long as it can still do all the stuff it did when you bought it I don’t see a problem