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Re: Apple Fitness+

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Post by shadowoflight »

kmonsen wrote: post #228
shadowoflight wrote: post #57

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Your service looks pretty cool, but there are a few things preventing me from using it: 1) Not having a live instructor is both a blessing and a curse, but largely a blessing for us introverts - I'm not comfortable with somebody watching me work out. But maybe I'll give Mixpose a shot when the AI option is released and has had time to mature. 2. I can't personally justify the high cost of the Mixpose service - an act…

What is the pricing? It seems to all be free on the webpage.

I'm unsure what the pricing scheme is if you purchase through the Mixpose website or Android app, but it's $20/mo or $200/yr through iOS in-app purchase.

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Post by thrwn_frthr_awy »

jacobwilliamroy wrote: post #252
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> It sells networking devices, printers They do not. > It has its own tv. The do not > your fingerprints Fingerprints never leave the device or stored in iCloud

You're not paying attention Apple NAS: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Apple-AirPort-Time-Capsule-2TB-St... Apple 802.11ac wireless AP: https://www.priceblaze.com/me918ll-a-Apple-Network-Routers?r... Apple TV: https://www.apple.com/apple-tv-4k/ I was wrong about printers though. They just have their own proprietary printer protocol in air print And how do you know those biometrics stay on device? How do you know they will…

They no longer make networking devices. The one in your link discontinued for a few years.

And the Apple TV isn't actually a TV :/

Re: Apple Fitness+

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Post by samatman »

pier25 wrote: post #255
samatman wrote: post #244

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You are incorrect about the time frame on which Apple operates. The working groups for this offering were forming in late 2018 at the absolute latest.

Maybe I'm wrong on the COVID thing, but it can't be denied Apple has access to privileged AppStore information much like Amazon does on its store.

This is so commonplace as to have a name: when Apple does this, we say that the app or apps got "Sherlocked".

https://www.howtogeek.com/297651/what-does-it-mean-when-a-co...

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Post by shadowoflight »

rosywoozlechan wrote: post #229
shadowoflight wrote: post #5

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If Apple did this for home workouts I would subscribe to Fitness+ in a heartbeat. I currently practice yoga at home, and the worst part is I don't have an instructor to correct my form.

Everyone is different, and there's not going to be an automated way to fix your movement and training form unless the app can ask you questions as it walks around you to look at you from all sides. Generic form guide for a heavy squat could lead to injuries. Our bodies are too varied for this to be feasible at the moment.

I could see a combination of iPhone cameras and sensors + Apple Watch sensors offering a fairly good picture for an AI program to base form critique off.

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Post by chromedev »

chromedev wrote: post #152
threatofrain wrote: post #140

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Are nude photos not permitted on iCloud? With the ubiquity of iPhones, it's difficult to believe iCloud isn't filled with nude photos.

Don't you remember when all those nude celebrity iCloud photos got leaked?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICloud_leaks_of_celebrity_phot...

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Post by Andrew_nenakhov »

chromedev wrote: post #259
Andrew_nenakhov wrote: post #253

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I think by now it is common knowledge in anyone interested in this subject. A good place to start is this ArsTechnica post from 2013 (updated in 2018) [1]. One nice user on Reddit made a list [2] of AOSP apps replaced by Google: Google Services Framework removed in 1.1, replaced by Google Play Services Search removed in 1.5, replaced by Google Music removed in 2.3, replaced by Play Music Browser removed in 4.2, repla…

Android Location API uses Google services to provide better location data using Wifi hotpsots and other devices. I wouldn't expect to be able to use Google services without Google. You don't have to use it and get accurate results without it as well. As you can see they also provide examples of alternative apps that can be used that do not rely on Google, or you can install F-Droid and use apps from the open source m…

> You don't have to use it and get accurate results without it as well.

And this can be applied to nearly every 'improvement' in all Android releases. Can you name any improvements to AOSP in the past five years? All I see on every their presentation is more and more Google Services, FCM, Assistant, etc.

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Post by shadowoflight »

yoganotch wrote: post #254
rocketina wrote: post #190

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cool design! + I don't need to film myself while doing yoga. what is the accuracy?

Thank you! I am one of the founders, the accuracy will vary depending on how the person is wearing it, but regardless it will be well within clinically acceptable values for something like physiotherapy or rehab. Yoganotch itself is new (2020) but we've been building these devices for a few years - have a number of peer reviewed papers published based on Notch ( https://wearnotch.com/papers ).

This looks like a very interesting solution! Is there a subscription fee for the YogaNotch app, as well, or is it just the one-time sensor purchase?

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Post by jacobwilliamroy »

thrwn_frthr_awy wrote: post #262
jacobwilliamroy wrote: post #252

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You're not paying attention Apple NAS: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Apple-AirPort-Time-Capsule-2TB-St... Apple 802.11ac wireless AP: https://www.priceblaze.com/me918ll-a-Apple-Network-Routers?r... Apple TV: https://www.apple.com/apple-tv-4k/ I was wrong about printers though. They just have their own proprietary printer protocol in air print And how do you know those biometrics stay on device? How do you know they will…

They no longer make networking devices. The one in your link discontinued for a few years. And the Apple TV isn't actually a TV :/

It's worse than a TV. It's a multimedia streaming device where they can promote their own subscription based multimedia streaming platform over all others.

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Post by glaslong »

Could this feed back into the Watch’s automatic calorie and exercise tracking? Fitness+ shows an instruction, watch logs the sensor data that follows it; seems like a good way to expand their data set.

Re: Apple Fitness+

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Post by zepto »

chromedev wrote: post #157
zepto wrote: post #112

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It would have been nice if Google hadn’t betrayed their promise of Android being open. Then we’d have had a good alternative.

Google didn't betray their promise. Android is open source and Apple not Microsoft have open sourced their operating system.

The claim that Android is open source has long been false.

Yes, there is AOSP, but that’s only a small part of what constitutes an OS these days.

Here’s a link to a post showing how dismal things are: https://bitcannon.net/post/finding-an-alternative-to-ios/

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