It's just true. Remember when Apple launched HealthKit with alcohol tracking and no period tracking? Tell me how that release could pass months of development and management without anyone thinking about it once.
When Apple did release period tracking it was way more feature rich than alcohol tracking. It was backed by research into the human body. It uses multiple data points to estimate a complex process that occurs in the human body, and present actionable information to the user. It’s not just a record book.
Alcohol tracking is a pretty view over a logbook. Date time quantity and that’s it.
Oh and since I know someone from the team that did this, I can guarantee you there’s at least one non “American male” that implemented it.
Putting out a new app with initial features that are relevant to people of either sex like blood alcohol content or sodium intake vs features that are only relevant to half the population doesn't seem terrible to me. How many male exclusive metrics did it roll out with on day one?
Are you seriously suggesting that the most probable reason for not implementing a feature is bigotry? This is not Verge, this is HN. We're not journalists, we actually work in this industry.
Alcohol tracking is a pretty view over a logbook. Date time quantity and that’s it.
Oh and since I know someone from the team that did this, I can guarantee you there’s at least one non “American male” that implemented it.