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Company statement- "We do not use this data to reverse engineer information for a location" also "we can deliver targeted ads to a user when in a Starbucks location."

lkrupp said:

I have a first gen Watch and I regularly read threads on the Apple Discussion Forums. I can’t remember reading a single post about this issue. It has flown under the radar completely. Usually sites like AI who comb through those threads post articles about “some users are experiencing...” the issue du jour. But not in this case. Apple says it is affecting a very small number of users and I believe them. Yet immediately we see “me too” posts popping up. Really? Always makes me wonder about the anonymity of the Internet and motives of some people. 

I have a first gen 42mm watch. This just happened to mine on Monday. Screen popped off and I thought it was just because I was in the heat and the glue melted or something. Already ordered the new Nike Lab Apple Watch to replace it and then I see this article. I'm glad Apple stepped up and did this. I'm sure people just think that their watch is due to be replaced if they have a 1st gen watch and don't make much of a fuss about it. 
You seem to be skeptical of the issue since it hasn't happened to you, so perhaps everyone should question your motives. Apple admits its mistakes and doesn't need a random person defending their reliability. Sometimes they suck. Get over it. They usually step up to the plate and make it right.