Comments on post “Fitbit Surge”
Brent Mulligan
@brentmulligan · Founder @ Merchbro
This looks nice but I am hesitant to get any more involved with Fitbit. I've been using Fitbit for a couple of years now but their policy on user data bums me out. To export your data you need to pay $50 a year and they've stated they have no plans to support HealthKit in the immediate future.
It's just hard to see why I'd want to buy another expensive device from a company that will then hold all of the data collected by that device hostage.
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Jeremiah Lee
@jeremiahlee · Web API, Fitbit
@brentmulligan Fitbit has had a public API since 2011 and supports hundreds of meaningful API integrations with partners.
While CSV export is one of the many features of the $50/yr Fitbit Premium, there are other ways to get this feature:
- The official Fitbit IFTTT channel has several recipes to do this with Evernote, Google Docs, and more: https://ifttt.com/p/fitbit/shared
- Quantified Self's Google Spreadsheets script: http://quantifiedself.com/2014/0...
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Arjun Ram
@arjunram · Tinkering Past:Investor & Product leader
@JeremiahLee Is data export the primary reason for not supporting HealthKit or is HealthKit not baked enough for you folks?
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Brent Mulligan
@brentmulligan · Founder @ Merchbro
@JeremiahLee Thanks for the info. I'm aware and have played around with the API. It's more or less the principal of the matter. I respect the idea of what you are trying to do but I think you could still build the analytics business while allowing a straight csv dump of data. This way you'd be selling me the extra tools and analysis but still giving those who just want all their data access to it.
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