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That crossed my mind, but seems like a bad (and anti-competitive) reason to reject the app by itself

perryizgr8 6y ago
Don't they have this policy to not allow competitors to their own functionality?
j45 6y ago
I hope so too. Still I'm reminded of: Apple has copied the features of the best apps to compete with them [1] Apple is accused of ranking their identical apps higher than the competition [2] Apple appears to have no shortage of healthtech related patents [3][4][5] Given the propensity to compete with existing apps and features, it might not be a stretch to prevent them too. [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/09/05/how-apple-uses-its-app-store-copy-best-ideas/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/09/05/how-app... [2] https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/23/20707323/apple-app-store-apps-favor-own-competitors-search-results-deny https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/23/20707323/apple-app-store-... [3] https://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2020/04/apple-won-56-patents-today-covering-the-apple-watchiphone-ecg-app-watch-fall-detection-magnetized-apple-pencil.html https://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2020/04/apple-w... [4] https://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/biometrics/ https://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/biometrics/ [5] https://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2019/12/apple-won-35-patents-today-covering-health-inventions-that-include-apple-watch-and-smart-bedding.html https://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2019/12/apple-w...
tinus_hn 6y ago
If you don’t want them to do that you should patent the technology.
- andrewmunsell 6y ago
  Sadly, the process of applying for a patent is incredibly expensive and work-intensive for an individual person, and this was something I was developing in my spare time to hopefully provide some benefit to others. Regardless whether there is prior art of if Apple intends to do something similar in the future, it's not my goal to patent anything related to the app or the way it works.

Don't they have this policy to not allow competitors to their own functionality?

j45 6y ago

I hope so too. Still I'm reminded of: Apple has copied the features of the best apps to compete with them [1] Apple is accused of ranking their identical apps higher than the competition [2] Apple appears to have no shortage of healthtech related patents [3][4][5] Given the propensity to compete with existing apps and features, it might not be a stretch to prevent them too. [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/09/05/how-apple-uses-its-app-store-copy-best-ideas/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/09/05/how-app... [2] https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/23/20707323/apple-app-store-apps-favor-own-competitors-search-results-deny https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/23/20707323/apple-app-store-... [3] https://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2020/04/apple-won-56-patents-today-covering-the-apple-watchiphone-ecg-app-watch-fall-detection-magnetized-apple-pencil.html https://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2020/04/apple-w... [4] https://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/biometrics/ https://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/biometrics/ [5] https://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2019/12/apple-won-35-patents-today-covering-health-inventions-that-include-apple-watch-and-smart-bedding.html https://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2019/12/apple-w...

tinus_hn 6y ago

If you don’t want them to do that you should patent the technology.

andrewmunsell 6y ago
Sadly, the process of applying for a patent is incredibly expensive and work-intensive for an individual person, and this was something I was developing in my spare time to hopefully provide some benefit to others. Regardless whether there is prior art of if Apple intends to do something similar in the future, it's not my goal to patent anything related to the app or the way it works.