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The biggest reason should be that they're just bad. They gather sus data from their undersized sensors, then derive tons of sus insights to overwhelm you. None
by 827a 16d ago
The biggest reason should be that they're just bad. They gather sus data from their undersized sensors, then derive tons of sus insights to overwhelm you. None of it is accurate enough to base major life decisions on, which is also laughable because even if it were accurate, there are effectively no major life decisions to make based on the data! Here I can save you $500: Go to bed before midnight. Set your alarm at least +8 hours from when you lay down. Sleep in a cool, dark room. Eat nothing 4 hours before bed. Don't exercise 4 hours before bed. Limit alcohol. Engage in at least 30 minutes of strenuous physical activity each day. Done.
- nradov 16d agoHey now, you're going to kill the whole fitness tracker industry if you let people in on those secrets.
- jerlam 16d agoA lot of people seem to buy fitness trackers merely to verify they sleep poorly, and then do nothing about it.
- 827a 15d agoI don't feel that all fitness trackers are bad, though some use-cases for them are generally bad (such as sleep tracking). Watches are quite good for exercise tracking, and tracking exercise has legitimate and high quality value (e.g. competitions with yourself to incentivize improvement, strain tracking to ensure you aren't overdoing it, daily targets and goals to incentivize activity). The idea of all-day tracking is probably on the net unhealthy for almost all humans though. My comment was targeted at rings in-particular, because 1. they encourage that all-day tracking paradigm, which is probably on the net unhealthy for almost all humans, and 2. their sensors are so bad that even if all-day tracking were healthy (it isn't) they physically can't do it to any degree that is meaningful.
- mahboi 16d agoNever saw the point of smart watches either. Maybe if you're diabetic?