My thoughts on Amazon Halo because we all need another big tech co that listens to us 24/7 and collects naked images of us.

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Yes, Amazon imitated our industrial design  @whoop and yes they met with us as potential investors years ago under the Alex Funda. Based on my experience with them I'd say this article has a lot of credibility.  http://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-tech-startup-echo-bezos-alexa-investment-fund-11595520249

Ultimately I welcome Amazon to the market and expect every big tech company to want to play in it. Health monitoring is here to stay and it's incredibly important, now more so than ever.

Every human one day will be wearing technology that measures their health and works to improve it. The low end versions of this tech will present data, the premium versions of this tech will coach you on it.

Consumers will benefit from more players. But pls BEWARE: Many companies will make YOU the product. Amazon being one of the most likely to exploit your data for other means.

It's hard to understate how invasive it is that a Trillion dollar company wants you to wear a 24/7 wearable that intentionally records EVERYTHING you say. Re-read that and tell me it's not a dystopian future.

We  @whoop exist to improve your life not invade it. We will continue to build the best product experience in the market. Many of our members will reflect that Whoop is amazing not just for the things that it does but the things it very intentionally chooses NOT to do.

We don't record you. We don't photograph you. And we certainly don't sell your data.

Good luck Amazon.