'If I feel guilty taking a device off, that's a warning sign': How fitness trackers made me — and others like me — obsessed with over-optimization
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Wearables are drifting from health tools to behavioral governors — guilt and compulsion are now part of the UX. Health and consumer product teams should treat “off-ramps” and disengagement controls as core features, not afterthoughts, or risk churn and regulatory attention.
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