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Freeing Glucose Data from Freestyle

by InGoldAndGreen on 10/25/24, 12:09 AM with 4 comments

• by InGoldAndGreen on 10/25/24, 12:09 AM

  Very useful guide. I'm incredibly frustrated by how Libre shows more effort put into preventing others from building a similar app instead of just building a good app in the first place.

  They could make so many people so happy if they just gave us a damn good app.

  I also can't see how this benefits them at all - their app isn't tied into monetisation, it's free to download (replacing their own chargeable reader!), and it doesn't work at all without a sensor (the paid component).

  The only reasons I can think of are: - legal restrictions on them as a healthcare provider? - preventing users from jailbreaking it to work longer (honestly people only do this if they legitimately can't afford a new one) - they want user data for monetisable purposes

  Thoughts?