Allen Ye
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I mean…what are we doing here? If this FitBit Air is legit, talk about a disruption.
If you bought a Whoop, I feel sorry for you. Google’s Fitbit Air just made it look silly - $100 one time payment vs Whoop’s $199–$359/year forever - Free tier actually works HR, sleep, SpO2, HRV, recovery, no paywall - Optional $10/mo for Gemini Health Coach (vs Whoop where the sub is mandatory) - Gemini analyzes meal photos, not just biometrics. Whoop can’t touch that - Conversational health AI ask questions like why was I tired Tuesday?and get a real answer - Open data platform Apple Watch, Garmin, third-party data all flow into Google Health - 7-day battery, 5-min quick charge = full day -Whoop just got a $10B valuation… and Google undercut them by 50% on day one
I’ve run a few marathons The sport is dying due to Ozempic The main customers of a marathon are slightly fat girls running what psychologists call “The Fat Girl Marathon” Psychology of Fat Girl Marathon in the comments ⬇️
noooooooo not the chatgpt slop writing in Nike product copy
I’ve worn a WHOOP every day for 3+ years. Bought a discounted 2-year membership because I’m a data nerd and I love this stuff. I’m still not sure I’ll renew when it’s up. Not because it’s a bad product. It taught me a lot early on. Alcohol tanks recovery. Sleep is everything. Easy days need to actually be easy. That was valuable. But once you learn those lessons you don’t need a monthly subscription to remind you. Garmin gives me the same data with no fee. The people I know who wore one loved it for 6 months then stopped. Not because they lost interest. Because the data stopped telling them anything new. $10.1B is a huge number. I just wonder how many members right now are in month 8 thinking the same thing I am.
