Many health companies I have looked at have been quite liberal with their data (in the sense of allowing other apps to access it, not necessarily giving you dir

Many health companies I have looked at have been quite liberal with their data (in the sense of allowing other apps to access it, not necessarily giving you direct access to it, e.g. the Fitbit app can access my Withings scale data despite Fitbit also selling a scale). Maybe that’s just the effect of a diverse market with no clear leaders and a natural benefit of that competition. I hope that will continue and I hope that integrating with Health Kit will be easy and straightforward. I really like that Apple hasn’t stepped in to offer some definitive hardware solution. I like this diverse market and I don’t necessarily think Apple should try that on their own. They seem quite intent on letting the market figure that out and letting others integrate nicely. I also hope that Apple keeps steady with that, even if they start selling their own wearables (though I think that’s less likely now). I mean, I assume this will be able to integrate with dedicated step counters, so the fact that newer iPhones have their own step counter built in didn’t lead Apple to prevent others from integrating – which is a somewhat promising sign.