Smart scale goes dumb as Under Armour pulls the plug on connected tech
Found on Ars Technica on Thursday, 23 January 2020
In an announcement dated sometime around January 8, Under Armour said that not only has the app been removed from all app stores, but the company is no longer providing customer support or bug fixes for the software, which will completely stop working as of March 31.
The company would instead go back to its roots as a clothing line and focus on actual wearables, such as connected running shoes, along with doubling down on the MyFitnessPal app, which it acquired in 2015.
Current device owners also can't export all their data. While workout data can be exported and transferred to some other tracking app, Record users cannot capture weight or other historical data to carry forward with them.
That's one way to kick your customers in the butt. Pretty sure the majority of them (and many who read about this) will think twice before buying their next stupid/smart products. On the other hand, there's not really that much reason to feel sorry for those who are gullible enough to buy such crap.