[Shivetya]

I am against it not for privacy reasons but instead because it is an expensive option for what it offers. there are many lower cost options that can perform the monitoring they claim. People get mad at the cost of insurance, well here is one major reason why.

This would almost be as bad as when the local police forces and post offices near us got Segways. that and when schools were bamboozled into buying iPads for all students.

Apple is padding their bottom line, nothing more. Aetna is going along because it must make some higher ups feel good by association.

[sverige]

For a while, the story was that watches were going to take over the world. Now, the story is that the overstock has to be got rid of somehow.

[melling]

Apple Watch sales are up 50%

https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/01/apple-watch-sales-up-over-...

I’d say they are simply trying to grow their market.

[brlewis]

"Now, the story is that the overstock has to be got rid of somehow." "Apple Watch sales are up 50%"

These two statements are not in opposition if lots of watches are selling at a deep discount. When I google "apple watch amazon" the top link is a used model, second is a discounted series 1.

[pawadu]

Yet Apple is #3 after Xiaomi and fitbit, with more Asian companies closing in.

I think Apple needs this deal more than they admit.

[zimpenfish]

Presumably that's #3 in "market share" or "units sold" (assuming both Xiaomi and Fitbit accurately report the latter) and not "profit"?

[brlewis]

Units shipped: https://www.canalys.com/newsroom/apple-falls-third-place-q2-...

I don't think Apple reports units shipped. Fitbit does. I don't know about Xiaomi. The numbers are a mix of reported units and estimated units.