Now I have this blood pressure monitor device that doesn’t work without a logged in app and is a paperweight. I’m lucky I never invested into their ecosystem of health products. Lesson is no matter how popular a brand is, there is no guarantee they will be around. I’ve lost all my health data and there is no way to get it back.
Probably because businesses themselves want all their applications connected so one doing the administration is easier (and better) and there is more management information.
Then again, there are still a ton of bookkeepers and accountants (especially in the US) wasting your money on reconciling bank transactions more than once a year when the bank connector is foolproof