Google wants to buy Fitbit

NorthCascades · October 2019

My immediate thought was "of course they do, knowing your HR patterns will help them target ads for clinics and medical devices." 🙄 The news just says they want in on the smart watch market, and wants a quality product.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/28/20936415/google-fitbit-acquisition-alphabet

My guess from reading these forums is that Fitbit is the most common and second most loved activity tracker on MFP. How would you feel about Google owning them?

tinkerbellang83 · October 2019

As long as they leave Garmin well alone

mojavemtbr · October 2019

Please no

NorthCascades · October 2019

Saw an article today urging Fitbit to sell. I didn't realize they'd lost so much market share!

https://marketrealist.com/2019/10/why-fitbit-needs-to-consider-googles-acquisition-bid/

hesn92 · October 2019

It doesn't surprise me that they've lost so much market share. Seems like most people like garmins and apple watches these days. I like my fitbit, even if it's 4 years old almost. I feel a little weird about Google being in-the-know about my heart rate and step patterns though lol. Although I don't know what anyone would ever want with that information

ElizabethKalmbach · October 2019

I suppose this explains why the Google Fit programming has turned into gibberish and garbage data. They have a bad habit of just kind of abandoning things in favor of their shiny new idea. >_<

kshama2001 · October 2019

Ya, I heard about it yesterday https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2019/10/29/google-eyes-acquisition-of-fitbit

Google wants to buy Fitbit

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