| > I did miss that. Would love a citation. See every Apple Watch introduction keynote since 2015. Also, straight from the horse's mouth:
https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guideline... Layman description on a mainstream website, from around when it was released:
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/03/resea...
https://arstechnica.com/science/2015/04/inside-apples-resear... As an example, announcement for one of the medical studies:
http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2019/11/through-apple-... > It doesn't make sense to say that I might have missed something then accuse me of being disingenuous Not knowing is one thing. Not knowing, assuming the worse, and then taking your assumption for granted, is disingenuous. There would have been nothing wrong with asking instead of asserting. > Your second paragraph was hard to follow. Fair enough. Wording could be better. > I understand there is a wide variety of applications for Apple's 'watch' and that its 'cutting edge technology' The point of the Apple Watch is not that it's cutting edge, it's that it reduces friction in this sort of studies. It's also on and worn 24/7 so data is acquired around the clock, which is never the case in a large clinical study as measuring equipment tend to be expensive, bulky and inconvenient. As they (almost) say, the best sensor is the one you have with you. > My issue has to do with the funny connection between a product that Apple markets to consumers and faux medical research articles created for the sole purpose of a citation in a marketing article. See, that's disingenuous. You admitted that you were not really aware of it, and now you know that the studies are fake and just for press releases. >ResearchKit (an app in the apple store) ResearchKit is not an app on the App Store. It's one of the frameworks that's used in these studies. >It's easy to enrol Enroling is a notorious barrier to entry, it is objectively easier to tap a button on a phone app to enrol compared to walking to a clinic somewhere in the US and sign paperwork. >publicised every year Yearly publicity was addressing your state of ignorance. That's not marketing, it means that information is out there should you need it. >partnerships with various hospitals Fair enough, that's communication. Still does not support your assumptions, though. > Enrollment has 2 Ls by the way. Let's see... https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/enrol?q=... : enrol
verb [ I or T ] UK (US enroll) |