Fitbit Feedback: My Own Data Are Not a “Premium” Feature
Feedback to Fitbit:
Hello,
I have for a long time wanted to be able to download my data. It seems simple: I buy a device to track my data, I should have access to the data collected.
It looks like now for the low low price of $50/year I can download my own data.
Honestly, that just feels slimy. They are my data. My data are not a premium feature. This restriction puts a bad taste in my mouth and that is a strong deterrent to purchasing further products from you folks. Which is too bad, since I otherwise like the hardware and I am ready to be upsold to an NFC device. But since my data are not my data … well, I’d rather just spend my money elsewhere.
Thanks,
-danny
If anyone has an activity tracker they particularly like, I am keen to hear about it.
Response
Ben Johnson
dannyman, there is a way to liberate your full data – someone whipped up some python. I just downloaded 2 years worth of data into a SQLite database with a little modification to the code at: https://github.com/andrewjw/python-fitbit
Comment
Tiny Print:
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