Fortune January 24, 2025
After much frustration, Ryann Nicole decided to break off her eight-year relationship—with her Apple Watch.
When she first got it, she loved having access to all the data about how many calories she was burning, her heart rate, and her step count.
But over time, she realized that her days were revolving around those numbers entirely, and whether or not she had “closed her rings”—a goals-based feature through which users aim to hit...