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 @aral An older UK person I am close to needs to use a heart monitor. The doctors advised us that the best-available tech is the Apple watch and the ecosystem associated with it. The alternative, non-BigTech solution was obviously inferior and had a horrible UX that even relatively tech-savvy seniors were clearly going to struggle with. "Give up your data to BigTech or have worsened healthcare outcomes" is already here - even on what's left of the NHS. 4 comments
 @aral @kittylyst Apple's policies are decided by Apple and Apple alone, and are subject to change at Apple's whims at any time it suits them for any reason at all. Just ask Power Computing. I remember in the Winter of 2020 I was exposed to COVID and I went to schedule a test. That's when I discovered the only convenient way through the state website was to use my Google account. The other ways were so convoluted that it didn't really feel like a choice. |
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@kittylyst And, to be fair, Apple are by no means perfect (and no trillion-dollar company is your friend) but they do design their tech differently so your health data stays on your own device. In the West, at least, they’ve made it their differentiating factor. (If you’re in China, though, that’s a different market and they have a different set of principles they apply there. Surprise, surprise.)