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The industry is moving toward on-device APIs for privacy protection. that way the data can remain encrypted & private on the device and there's less risk of a b
by tonymet 4y ago
The industry is moving toward on-device APIs for privacy protection. that way the data can remain encrypted & private on the device and there's less risk of a breach.
In Strava's case they already have the integration complete and the hostile UX is them forcing you to open the app and manually trigger the sync rather than running the sync as a listener or during background refresh . They could even add a "sync all" button but instead they force you to sync dozens of activities (my activities tend to be short + mixed).
I recommend getting ready for on device for your app – all apps are heading toward on-device for data & even model training.
- folli 4y agoI find that a bit hard to believe for the more established device makers (e.g. Garmin, Polar, Suunto). Their device is a watch, if I want to look at analytics, I will need to move the data off to the cloud, I don't want to look at graphs and maps on a half-inch watchface. Apple is a special case, because they offer a tightly closed ecosystem with watches, phones, laptops...
- tonymet 4y agothe “device” for storing and analyzing data will be the paired phone.
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- nradov 4y agoNo, that's not actually where the fitness industry is moving at all. Rather the opposite.