I am looking for a good fitness tracker to start doing cardio in a more measured way.

I was interested in Polar and Oura as EU alternatives (both Finnish companies), but both send data (health data, which is sensitive according to Article 9 of the GDPR) to AWS.

Are you aware of any EU solutions, or at least non-US, Chinese, Russian, or Israeli solutions, that do not send my data to companies in those countries?

I would like to be able to organize something self-hosted, but I don’t think I’m capable of doing that yet.

  • Alexander@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    6 days ago

    And once I considered making a real tracker. Free market told me to screw myself, becausr

    • it’ll be more expensive obviously
    • nobody cared for real data, very few users understand this point
    • regular users want something really simple, nonsense apps work just because all people need is motivation
    • professionals do not care for they do not really know what to do with this data, they want a slice of contract paid by investors
    • doesn’t matter what the product is, it’s how it is marketed

    Bottom line: nobody really needs good trackers, and also it’s all in your head. Just authentically enjoy your workout and if you need a technology for motivation - take some free app from f-droid and keep it local!