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someone lmk me when they've built the "venmo my friend when I go over 7 hrs in a day" service...i'll sign up immediately
Not exactly the same but my app requires you to exercise (climb stairs/bike/cardio etc) to gain screen time points: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/run-for-fun-screen-time-focus/...
This is amazing. I've been measuring my mental wellbeing through different data points. Currently manually importing my apple health data into a Jupyter notebook and measuring against my journal sentiment, finances and whatever I can gain access to. This would be another interesting data point.
Very cool. Are you able to get sleep data in there?
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Understandable, but yes we need auth and would rather use third party (google) for that, all things considered. And yes we need the network. We don't sell your usage data.
Forcing users to have adtech surveillance platform accounts (and agree to TOS of same) to use your app isn’t a good look.
I can see both sides. I want them to not require it but as a developer used to creating lean projects I can understand why they do.
i could not want this more, but ownership over this data is non-negotiable. i would pay a small yearly fee to support the tools that give me the ability to selfhost this.
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Understandable, but yes we need auth and would rather use third party (google) for that, all things considered. And yes we need the network. We don't sell your usage data.
Forcing users to have adtech surveillance platform accounts (and agree to TOS of same) to use your app isn’t a good look.
Remember 95%+ of potential users of this app have not spent a minute concerned about Googles data harvesting.
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Understandable, but yes we need auth and would rather use third party (google) for that, all things considered. And yes we need the network. We don't sell your usage data.
Forcing users to have adtech surveillance platform accounts (and agree to TOS of same) to use your app isn’t a good look.
It doesn't really feel like "forcing users into adtech surveillance platforms" if they're using Android - they already have a Google account it's literally built into the operating system.
The goal was and is to minimize friction and maximize security. For all the flaws of consumer subscription as a business model, it's beauty is that we don't have perverse incentives. Users pay us to protect their attention so we make money by being good at that. We don't have to or want to sell their data.
i could not want this more, but ownership over this data is non-negotiable. i would pay a small yearly fee to support the tools that give me the ability to selfhost this.
Unrelated to the REST API, I just installed your Clearspace app on my Android phone (Pixel 8 W/ GrapheneOS). I can't use the app without connecting it to my Google account and the app requires network permissions? (There are so many others on the Play Store that will sell your app usage data.) Sorry, but no.
Understandable, but yes we need auth and would rather use third party (google) for that, all things considered. And yes we need the network. We don't sell your usage data.
Regarding auth, would a free tier or trial version or a one-time payment (each without auth) possibly make sense?
I installed it and added my language learning app hoping to be able to use the API to report if I've studied enough. Unfortunately, it assumed I was trying to use this app less and immediately locked it.