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A comment on New Withings Users Must Pay $99/Year for Apple Health Syncing.

Re:New Withings Users Must Pay $99/Year for Apple Health Syn... by kittikitti on Thursday October 15, 2026 @11:39PM (#50113776)
I have a Withings watch and this is a good thing. Do you really trust Big Tech with all your health data being synced? No. These people will use the data in absurd ways.
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Re:New Withings Users Must Pay $99/Year for Apple Health Syn... by kstrauser on Friday October 16, 2026 @12:15AM (#50114005)
No, it's absolutely not a good thing. First, I trust Apple with my health data more than I trust Withings. They have many more billions to lose if it gets out that they're abusing PHI. Second, even if Apple were evil, that means Withings is charge you $100 to send your PHI to Apple. They're profiting off the evil.

There's no reasonable way to describe this as a good thing.

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