noyb filed three complaints against Fitbit. The health and fitness company forces new app users to consent to data transfers

Seems like a pretty clear case.

Praise the GDPR.

You GDPR zombies are hilarious!

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You and your random hatred of GDPR are hilarious. To quote you, pop an adder all, you need it.

LOL, thats doesnt make any sense whatsoever. If youre going to be so pathetic to profile sniff, at least use something that even remotely fits. You’re not a very good troll.

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I have two Fitbit Charge devices. I took two months off using it. I went to go use them, one will simply not boot (turns on for 1/2 seconds and shuts off) and the other now will only stay charged for a few hours and dies. I’m not sure what’s going on here, but it seems suspicious.

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I don’t think any Fitbit I’ve ever owned has lasted more than a year. The good thing about the company is that they have a pretty good warranty program and as a result, I haven’t paid out of pocket for a new device in over three years.

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Yeah, once my current versa 3 inevitably breaks, I’m jumping ship. I’m most likely going to Garmin, since other choices are kinda limited and don’t want to charge my watch every day. I feel like the sleep tracking has never worked well for me on Fitbit. I don’t know if it’s a function of having a low heart rate or it just doesn’t work well, but there are nights that I’ve gotten terrible sleep or not slept at all and it thinks I slept for 6+ hours because I just laid there.

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I have owned probably a dozen Fitbits over the years.

Not coincidentally, I own a dozen dead Fitbits.

Honestly you are better off buying the cheapest Chinese product on Amazon. Fitbits are pure fucking diarrhea in wearable form, and I eagerly await the class action lawsuit.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twelve times, uh, you can’t get fooled again.

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Is wooshock learning?

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Can’t get fooled again.

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Lol. They weren’t all mine. I bought one for wife, a couple more for wife’s family. They didn’t all die at once, each lasted about a year and I’d replace them until I was like… wait a minute

My charge just died on me(again. I’ve had three firbits while my wife’s apple watch is still going strong). I was planning on moving to Garmin (maybe they are better than Fitbit/Google about data privacy), but my wife talked me into seeing if my Fitbit was under warranty. It’s not, but they offered me 50% off any fitbit on their site.

This obviously makes my decision harder. I can get a new inspire 3 for $49 or I can try to figure out which Garmin out of their 1000 variations is right for me. Most of the ones that interest me are ~$300+

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The monetisation of user data is really enshittifying products. At this point I wouldn’t be against if a company would find it a “feature” to not require you to login/make an account and share data.

Can’t understand the broken logic of thinking privacy is a word you can attach to a Google product!

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