Re: "data warfare"
That's true, but having the data the device collects is not the problem. If you want to know how many steps you do, your heart rate, etc., this is a relatively cheap way to get that. The problem is that they all demand connecting to an app and then sync that data to the app and possibly their servers for who knows what purpose. Instead, they could have everything done on the device itself, or at least from an app that requires no network connection at all.