Google/Fitbit will monetise health data and harm consumers
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Re: Google/Fitbit will monetise health data and harm consumers
#2What about Amazon and Apple? Why is Google the only recipient with scrutiny? Especially since the merger hasn't happened yet.
You should be frightened about all of them.
Re: Google/Fitbit will monetise health data and harm consumers
#3What about Amazon and Apple? Why is Google the only recipient with scrutiny? Especially since the merger hasn't happened yet. You should be frightened about all of them.
Apple makes money from people buying their hardware and services. They don’t make a significant amount of money from selling targeted advertisements. Amazon and Google do.
Re: Google/Fitbit will monetise health data and harm consumers
#4if a ml algorithm could influence me to work out more, i would accept the consistent nonsense ads about weight watchers
Re: Google/Fitbit will monetise health data and harm consumers
#5What about Amazon and Apple? Why is Google the only recipient with scrutiny? Especially since the merger hasn't happened yet. You should be frightened about all of them.
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Re: Google/Fitbit will monetise health data and harm consumers
#6What about Amazon and Apple? Why is Google the only recipient with scrutiny? Especially since the merger hasn't happened yet. You should be frightened about all of them.
The scrutiny happens due to the merger upcoming merger.
It requires permission of the European Commission, which raises those questions.
Re: Google/Fitbit will monetise health data and harm consumers
#7What about Amazon and Apple? Why is Google the only recipient with scrutiny? Especially since the merger hasn't happened yet. You should be frightened about all of them.
Why is Google the only recipient with scrutiny?
They're not. The EU is investigating Amazon[1] and Apple[2] as well.
Your complaint is really "Why isn't every article written to be a general point about all big companies?" as if there's no value in writing about specific examples. What's wrong with writing about Google in particular? A focused article is just as useful and interesting as a more generic one.
[1] https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_19_... [2] https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_20_...
Re: Google/Fitbit will monetise health data and harm consumers
#8What about Amazon and Apple? Why is Google the only recipient with scrutiny? Especially since the merger hasn't happened yet. You should be frightened about all of them.
Apple doesn't have your health data. They are on device, and any work with the data (statistics) is also done on the device and not somewhere in the Cloud. They don't want your data, it's not their business model. Sure - Health data is backed up over iCloud, but this is encrypted and again Apple doesn't have a way to view the data outside of an Apple device.
Re: Google/Fitbit will monetise health data and harm consumers
#9What about Amazon and Apple? Why is Google the only recipient with scrutiny? Especially since the merger hasn't happened yet. You should be frightened about all of them.
First line of the abstract: "The European Commission is conducting an in-depth investigation of the Google/Fitbit deal.". They are perusing a specific legal angle to investigate Google/Fitbit.
Re: Google/Fitbit will monetise health data and harm consumers
#10What about Amazon and Apple? Why is Google the only recipient with scrutiny? Especially since the merger hasn't happened yet. You should be frightened about all of them.
Apple makes money from people buying their hardware and services. They don’t make a significant amount of money from selling targeted advertisements. Amazon and Google do.
Apple will never have "enough" money and will do practically anything do get more money.