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Re:Google/Fitbit will monetise health data and harm consumers by foobarian on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @03:32PM (#24642763)
Hah. I got a home screen notification to use Google's travel product minutes after I got a hotel booking confirmation email.

I'm sure you can come up with reasons this is not breaking T&C but it would have never happened if the two products were in separate companies.

And I'm sure they will "not use" the health data in a similar fashion.

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Re:Google/Fitbit will monetise health data and harm consumers by bryan_w on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @03:54PM (#24643022)
I mean if you have Google travel installed then it's a feature that it's integrated with gmail.

Additionally I wouldn't find it weird for calendar or maps to make suggestions based on gmail. That is the value proposition by adopting the Google ecosystem.

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