A top developer said the Apple Watch is a 'confused product' - and lots of people agree

Marco Arment, a developer who helped found Tumblr and then Instapaper, has written a blog post describing the Apple Watch as a "confused product" that needs to be "rethought to do less, better."

"The Apple Watch is a confused product, designed like a tiny iPhone," Arment writes. "To be great, the Apple Watch needs to be rethought to do less, better."

Arment has now ditched his Apple Watch for a mechanical one.

John Gruber, a top Apple blogger who ditched his Watch in November last year, linked to Arment's blog post and offered an agreement.

"[The lack of software] is a huge part of the appeal of mechanical watches for me," he wrote. "No electricity. Just mechanics. They're tangible in a way that software never can be."

A number of high-profile Apple blogger, developers, and watchers linked to the piece on Twitter, offering agreement.

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