New Blog Post — Actually, I don't hate smartwatches, I just hate Google, and I wish I didn't
Google's mediocre smartwatch software, abysmal level of effort and care put into optimisation and internal self sabotage between departments makes Pixel Watches look and feel incredibly unfinished and unappealing, while making Apple & Samsung look like the best smartwatch companies on earth.
https://blog.joshattic.us/posts/2026-08-19-actually-i-dont-hate-smartwatches-i-hate-google
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wo.mbat 1.0.3 is launching @today (awaiting Google Play approval)!
Completely remade the theming system so it doesn’t suck
Added a “Read More” button to truncated posts
Fixed profile pictures and banners being cached indefinitely
Fixed multiple UI issues
Fixed notifications only loading 1 page and fixed notification count
Fixed sometimes getting stuck between screens
If you haven’t already, please join the testing Google Group and sign up for the test from there so I can reach Google’s 12 tester requirement! https://groups.google.com/g/wombat-beta-testing
wo.mbat is already done and needs more testers because I’m only at 7/12 so sign up for the beta test NOW if you haven’t already so I can get it fully on the play store https://groups.google.com/g/wombat-beta-testing
"Screen time while walking" WOMP WOMP im posting this while walking in spudshed right now
yay my power went out earlier @today while I was out so my home server was offline for like 5 hours
me josh and tnix are going to monopolize the wasteof client market the wasteof triopoly
wo.mbat is here!
After a lot of testing and stuff, wo.mbat is finished and ready for release! wo.mbat is a fully native Android client for wasteof with some cool features, including but not limited to:
In-app notifications
Wear OS & Tablet support
Drafts
Multiple Accounts
Separated Reposts & Quote Posts
Image Carousel to make images on your feed less annoying
Thanks to things Google has done, I need 12 testers to use the app for at least 14 days before I can submit it for review, so if you’re interested please join the closed testing group (instructions to install are in there)! https://groups.google.com/g/wombat-beta-testing
wo.mbat is almost ready, I just need to fix a few bugs, add tablet UI and profile editing and it'll be done!
It's hopefully coming tomorrow, YAY!
edit: it is not :( I forgot the 20th of June is a Saturday
