[joesb]

Nobody is saying to use this to replace going to the doctors.

It's for you to just download the app, try it for a night, and see the doctor if the result concern you. It doesn't have to be hundreds percent accurate.

Are you against teaching people to do self check-up of breast cancer, too? Because I'm sure medical process of checking for breast cancer requires more complicate tools than just feeling your breast with a hand.

[demomode]

Apnea has obvious signs (fatigue, day sleep, depression, …) that are the equivalent of the "self check-up" in your example of breast cancer.

If you suspect that you have apnea episodes you should go to a doctor.

[brandonb]

80% of people with sleep apnea don't know they have it. Unfortunately, the signs are not obvious to most.

[astura]

I'm against breast self exams, and so is the US Preventive Services Task Force. The evidence indicates there's no benefit but instead the practice calls harm (in anxiety, overdiagnosis, unneeded biopsies, etc.

https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Document/...