I Now Assume That All Ads on Apple News Are Scams

Re:I Now Assume That All Ads on Apple News Are Scams by Analemma_ on Friday February 06, 2026 @10:35AM (#46914101)

Fitness+ is okay-ish but it’s not getting any attention and I don’t think it deserves its $10/month price. Non-Apple fitness subscriptions at the same price are far better.

Just for starters, what if you have two people in the house who want to do a Fitness+ workout together? Too bad: even if they both pay for it, one gets the nice tracking and HUD and the other gets squat. This is an obvious and trivial feature, and it’s nowhere to be found. I could maybe see it getting cut for the launch checklist if people were behind schedule, but Fitness+ plus is more than five years old now, there is no excuse.

It’s total abandonware from a company trying to do the absolute minimum to get your recurring subscription.

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Re:I Now Assume That All Ads on Apple News Are Scams by kemayo on Friday February 06, 2026 @11:21AM (#46914797)

I dunno, I think that multiple people doing a workout together in the same at-home room is a bit of an edge case for this app. I have a not-tiny house, and I don't have a space where I could do that without having to move heavy furniture around first. People who live in apartments are really out of luck.

They do support syncing up the workouts of people who're each using their own device: https://support.apple.com/en-us/101979

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Re:I Now Assume That All Ads on Apple News Are Scams by darkhorse222 on Friday February 06, 2026 @10:41AM (#46914166)

I think you would use SharePlay for that maybe

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Re:I Now Assume That All Ads on Apple News Are Scams by philwelch on Saturday February 07, 2026 @10:17AM (#46924524)

So you have to buy twice as many Apple products, brilliant marketing strategy

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Re:I Now Assume That All Ads on Apple News Are Scams by D13Fd on Friday February 06, 2026 @01:40PM (#46916463)

> It’s total abandonware from a company trying to do the absolute minimum to get your recurring subscription.

What? Abandonware? They are constantly posting new workouts that are thought out and well produced. The Fitness+ app is very well maintained. It works great. It has cool features. Honestly I don't know what you are talking about, here.

I've worked out together with one to three other people several times. No one cared that their heart rate wasn't shown on the screen. It's really not an important feature and a very niche use case.

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