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The problem with Fitbit isn’t entirely the data either, because when you get the request to consent again you essentially have an ultimatum: accept the new term
by ljm 7y ago
The problem with Fitbit isn’t entirely the data either, because when you get the request to consent again you essentially have an ultimatum: accept the new terms and your fitness tracking bracelet will keep working. Decline, and it won’t.
I would hope that interfaces to Apple health, etc. that work through Bluetooth will continue to work, but they still require the mobile app to facilitate it, and as far as google is concerned it’s now living on borrowed time. Two years from now and it’ll be in the graveyard along with everything else.
What do you do about that except give in and let Google acquire even more aspects of your life to resell it, or abandon the tech and produce more waste?
- glennpratt 7y ago> I would hope that interfaces to Apple health Google Fit integrates with Apple Health so I'm not sure there's an incentive to break anything here.
- colechristensen 7y agoWhich drives a point which all of us should really want anyway. You simply shouldn't be allowed to sell physical objects forcibly linked to network services. i.e. vendors need to publish APIs and unlock procedures in order to participate in the market.
- ocdtrekkie 7y agoI feel like allowing vertical integration was our biggest flaw in antitrust law. It allows lock in ecosystems. Hardware, software, and services should not be allowed to be sold by the same company.
- jammygit 7y agoWhat about purism and system76? Some integration is great, especially when one part of that integration can’t usually be profitable in its own
- ocdtrekkie 7y agoI was irritated to learn Purism was launching services, and I think it's both a distraction and a conflict of interest.