Apparently there is not much difference between Fitbit and Garmin Forerunner.

Statistics are pretty similar.

I had expectation Garmin would be better in regarding of counting bike strokes as steps.

#Garmin
#FitBit

Please @altbot describe the images.

If I was a professional software engineer at the #Google #Fitbit team I'd quit trying to retain any sort of professional dignity.

The reality of the worsening application suggests this has already happened.

Fitbit: la migrazione a Google Account prorogata fino al 2026

https://gomoot.com/fitbit-la-migrazione-a-google-account-prorogata-fino-al-2026/

#running
#fitbit
#exercise
A little help please...
My Fitbit Charge 4 does what I need, until those annoying plastic bits break.
Solutions:
Buy a new one - No.
Super glue - possibly.
Repair - tricky, those two tiny screws have sheared off. ( It's out of warranty).

All suggestions gratefully received, thanks.

@neil It's also because they're not getting materially better.
I use a #Fitbit fitness tracker, and that hasn't gotten a sensor quality update or a new one in years.
Instead, #Google in particular has made the app noticably (without exaggerating) worse, and it supposedly gets most of the smarts from the main compute which now sucks.

Not the most compelling enticement for an new device.

US-Unternehmen meiden – Warum jetzt?
In den #USA boykottieren viele Menschen große Konzerne wegen ihrer politischen Verflechtungen. Wer das auch hier tun will:

US-Firmen: #Amazon, #Microsoft, #Apple, #Google, #Intel, #AMD, #Dell, #HP, #Disney, #Facebook, #Instagram, #Netflix, #Twitter, #Tesla, #Adobe, #eBay, #Snapchat, #Airbnb, #Fitbit, #Activision, #Uber, #Garmin, #Bose.

Alternativen: #Nextcloud, #Fairphone, #ProtonMail, #Qwant, #DuckDuckGo. #boykott

I'm so pissed right now. I've had 2 Fitbits and 1 Pixel Watch, and they have all failed shortly after the US warranty (1 year) expired..

It's so frustrating. I'm done with devices of these brands.

To my fellow #privacy focused individuals. I’ve been using a #Fitbit for some time, and as you are aware, #Google purchased the brand a while ago now, and I have been #De-Googling my life.

What solutions have you found for #fitnesstracking? I’d be interested to know about any #OpenSource tracking options that work well with GPS and hiking apps such as #Alltrails, or other alternatives.

I’m new to this area of privacy! Beyond just taking the tracker off completely and going without.

#Fitbit 's metrics and analytics are so bad that I'll not replace it once this device breaks.
The "advice" is contradictory, the tracking is wrong, and some things are just so obvious logic errors that I'd fail the developers in an internship program.

Well done I guess?

I am hoping for #repebble to instead build the few things I want on my own ...

Is 10,000 steps a day worth your personal data? How 80% of fitness apps are selling your privacy

About 12 out of 15 of the best fitness apps actively share your personal data with third parties, de-facto selling out your privacy. Strava and Fitbit are among the most data-hungry, collecting 84% of all potential data points.

#surveillance #privacy #fitness #apps #smartphone #strava #fitbit

https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/beware-80-percent-of-the-most-popular-fitness-apps-are-selling-out-your-privacy

Wrist-worn heartbeat monitors (aka fitness trackers).

Is there any hardware platform that is on par with #Fitbit (especially when it comes to sensors and battery life), but a Free/Open Source firmware?

I've had it up to here to have to cope with Fitbit/#Google mediocrity and worsening software.

#Garmin sucks less but seems intent on selling me huge devices that do everything that I don't need nor want. And I'm not going to join the #Apple jailed garden.

I have just gone through the saga of figuring out how to get a #fitbit inspire 3 to work as a device for my 9 year old kiddo. My advice, don't do it, it's a ton of hassle.

My #fitbit is super unimpressed by my endeavors on the stationary bike, but my hamstrings are pretty unhappy about it. Eat your heart out Rodney Dangerfield.