Not everyone uses Android devices.
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mariusafa@lemmy.sdf.org 4 weeks ago
I mean there are at least 2 apps for that in F-Droid. It’s just that most people are FOSS illiterate and only if a big corpo give them shit then they trust it.
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Well on iOS there’s the Apple health app. To my knowledge it stores health data locally. I’ll double check now
autonomoususer@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Wrong, Apple Health fails to include a libre software license text file. We do not control it, anti-libre software. Do you believe every lie Apple tells us?
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Yeah I know it’s not FOSS in the slightest, but it’s not a predatory app selling your health data to the highest bidder, presumably. I acknowledge that requires taking Apple’s word at face value though
russjr08@bitforged.space 4 weeks ago
I mean, sure - but if you really don’t trust Apple to keep their word, then it wouldn’t matter if their Health app was FOSS or not. iOS itself is still (and probably forever will be) a closed source operating system. That gives them the power to do anything, including hijack the data from FOSS apps.
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
I’m aware, but the person I responded to specifically mentioned F-Droid, which is Android-only.
Hadriscus@jlai.lu 4 weeks ago
I tried to talk to my wife about this, the importance of opensource etc. but it’s difficult to convey how important it is. She uses Flow. I’m trying to get her to at least try alternatives such as Drip
autonomoususer@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Not surprising, ‘open source’ is a deliberately ambiguous term, engineered to derailed libre software. First, clear up your own understanding, before telling others. Use simple words like scam and abuse. See this example. lemmy.world/post/21620691