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> Reception would be distinctly negative if something as crucial as health research were closed source I don't know about that. HealthKit is essentially closed
by Osmium 12y ago
> Reception would be distinctly negative if something as crucial as health research were closed source
I don't know about that. HealthKit is essentially closed and no one seems to mind, and it's all about the data ultimately anyway. Maybe it's a regulatory thing? Regardless, it's nice to see.
- duaneb 12y agoHealthKit is a glorified database. Would definitely like to see it open sourced, though.
- antris 12y agoCan you name an app that is not "a glorified database"? Seems to apply for almost anything. Hacker News, Facebook, Twitter and so on... It's all about putting in and getting data from a database
- duaneb 12y ago> Can you name an app that is not "a glorified database"? Apps, sure. Tools? Hell no. File processors, browsers, libraries.... But HealthKit adds virtually no value aside from the schema of health data. There's not much to be gained from opening it. Honestly, I'd argue the same about hacker news and reddit: it's great that reddit is open source, but it's hardly necessary for me to perform research on it because the semantics of loading/storing/existing are so well defined.
- __david__ 12y agoHealthKit is not an app.