Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Updating the High Priority List

[Fabian Rodriguez]

Le 2016-02-04 03:35, Fabio Pesari a écrit :
> Which free programs need more attention in
> order to replace their proprietary counterparts?

- Health-related (personal health data) and mobile software, but also 
hardware

I recently came across this project: http://ggc.sourceforge.net/
"GNU Gluco Control (ggc) is a Java (Open Source) application that helps 
you manage your diabetes. It supports several (more than 40) diabetes 
devices (meters, pumps and CGMSes) and helps user manage his/hers 
diabetes, with nice reports, graphs and statistics."

Glucometers and other similar devices (pedometers, hearth monitors, etc) 
are often managed *exclusively* with proprietary software, or at least 
that's what the companies selling these devices will make you think. The 
data is increasingly stored on cloud services specific to each company, 
in proprietary formats. Mobile software availability makes this worse, 
assuming the service is not discontinued and its data disappears (ie. 
Google Health).

I'd like to see the FSF talk to companies like Xiaomi (manufacturers of 
Mi Band devices) so they become certified and they have proper 
accompanying software which they contribute financially under FSF (or 
SFC? Apache foundation?) guidance. Gadget Bridge could also serve as a 
universal mobile app for such devices ( 
https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=nodomain.freeyourgadget.gadgetbridge 
). This extends to smart watches like the Pebble, etc.

Over the years I've helped and continue helping people migrate to better 
and more IT freedom, but now all these devices are imposing themselves 
and giving proprietary software a huge comeback I didn't expect. It's 
getting harder to argue with your doctor when even their clinic 
"recommends" such devices.

F.

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Fabián Rodríguez
http://fsf.magicfab.ca