I took over my wife’s Apple Watch Series 1. I use it after work hours, and leave my phone in my “home office”. Between that and a G Shock for most weekend activities, I hardly wear an analog watch. And mostly leave my phone at home these days.

It’s not like the info goes straight to your physician and nobody else. I’d rather it go to just the government than what amounts to copies being available for open auction.

What makes you so sure?

Surely it serves a purpose for some folks. I have ZERO need to be notified of any of that crap. Really. The last thing I want on my wrist is a 2nd phone screen and buzzer annoying the shit out of me. I want LESS connection to my phone (which I use as little as possible). I will never wear one, as I have no use for it.

I never intended to suggest we’d be “forced” to wear one. “Ask” is the word I used… Just like auto insurance companies are offering the option of tracking your driving habits and whereabouts. I’d rather pay more.

Last year, about this time, I bought a Garmin smart watch. I was tired of missing texts and pictures of my kids from my wife while I was at work. When we entered “lockdown” in…March…April…I thought I wouldn’t be using it until I was back in the office. I was wrong. Don’t get me wrong. I wore my Tudor “homage” on a stainless steel bracelet for most of this week. Gotta love that NH35 movement and those snowflake hands! But the Garmin is useful. If I’m at the park with the kids, it effectively lets my coworkers page me. Now, I won’t wear it when I’m working, or after COB. But I don’t know if anybody is ever really going to need to be “forced” to wear these. I think its going to soon become, “Wallet, phone, keys, and smart watch.”