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Period-tracking apps are not for women

https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2018/11/13/18079458/menstrual-tracking-surveillance-glow-clue-apple-health

by crcl • 8 years ago

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finnthehuman• 8 years ago

So a limitation of the data model of a free app turns into a rant about the fact software is no longer focused on providing useful tools but instead have become a way to trick people into using a surveillance system...

Ok, that’s good and all, I can get on board. I don’t see how that makes it a gender issue.

vlthr• 8 years ago

The author makes a lot of good points about how these apps don't fulfill the needs of their customers in various ways, but to attribute this to sexism seems like a stretch. Software being badly designed, inflexible, and out of touch with the needs of users is the norm rather than tye exception.

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