Very useful guide. I'm incredibly frustrated by how Libre shows more effort put into preventing others from building a similar app instead of just building a good app in the first place.
They could make so many people so happy if they just gave us a damn good app.
I also can't see how this benefits them at all - their app isn't tied into monetisation, it's free to download (replacing their own chargeable reader!), and it doesn't work at all without a sensor (the paid component).
The only reasons I can think of are:
- legal restrictions on them as a healthcare provider?
- preventing users from jailbreaking it to work longer (honestly people only do this if they legitimately can't afford a new one)
- they want user data for monetisable purposes
I've used both systems. Each have annoyances. The Dexcom system can't be silenced and has an insane unstoppable firm "your sensor will expire in 6 hours", so unless you reset your sensor in the afternoon or evening this will wake you up and has woken me up at 4AM. I had to hide the Dexcom sensor in a watertight cigarette case to silennce the alarms. Both brands mobile apps hold you hostage and will not allow going do not disturb. I'm currently on Freestyle 2 with their own reader, which is silencible and I use a third party app Juggluco from some Dutch Diabetic. That app is quiet and gets realtime readings via bluetooth, it flakes out some times but it is great to have a second reader. Juggluco also gives me a bonus extra 12 hours at the end of the sensor life, so I'm slowly building up a reserve in days and eventually will have an extra sensor in que. https://www.juggluco.nl/Juggluco/index.html
Very useful guide. I'm incredibly frustrated by how Libre shows more effort put into preventing others from building a similar app instead of just building a good app in the first place.
They could make so many people so happy if they just gave us a damn good app.
I also can't see how this benefits them at all - their app isn't tied into monetisation, it's free to download (replacing their own chargeable reader!), and it doesn't work at all without a sensor (the paid component).
The only reasons I can think of are: - legal restrictions on them as a healthcare provider? - preventing users from jailbreaking it to work longer (honestly people only do this if they legitimately can't afford a new one) - they want user data for monetisable purposes
Thoughts?
Meanwhile Dexcomm happily outsources it all: https://www.dexcom.com/partnerships/digital-health-apps?prod...
I've used both systems. Each have annoyances. The Dexcom system can't be silenced and has an insane unstoppable firm "your sensor will expire in 6 hours", so unless you reset your sensor in the afternoon or evening this will wake you up and has woken me up at 4AM. I had to hide the Dexcom sensor in a watertight cigarette case to silennce the alarms. Both brands mobile apps hold you hostage and will not allow going do not disturb. I'm currently on Freestyle 2 with their own reader, which is silencible and I use a third party app Juggluco from some Dutch Diabetic. That app is quiet and gets realtime readings via bluetooth, it flakes out some times but it is great to have a second reader. Juggluco also gives me a bonus extra 12 hours at the end of the sensor life, so I'm slowly building up a reserve in days and eventually will have an extra sensor in que. https://www.juggluco.nl/Juggluco/index.html