A look at why Fitbit users hated Google buying the company

Even if you have a good understanding of how Google does what it does, and more importantly why it does it the way it does, skepticism is warranted.

I'm talking about people who aren't quite sure how Google makes money, only to have the company buy out their favorite fitness wearable manufacturer.

If this is you, the tl;dr is that Google will let you yank it all away if you like, but if you don't, they aren't going to monetize any of the data you've previously stored.

You've likely seen a social media post about how Google is so evil it will sell all your health data away now that it has purchased Fitbit . Some of these postings are from people who know better, but also know that feeding into user fears is a great way to promote yourself or your company.

Telling users that Google plans to sell your health data or show you personalized ads for health products is done because at some level, we're all worried about how Google operates and what it could do.

That's because Google is most decidedly not the good guy it's simply another business that has found a really good way of making money, but it just so happens that the method is scary.

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