Making A Locked Down WHOOP Wearable Work Without A Subscription

“The goal of the so-called OpenStrap project is not to re-create the WHOOP app. Rather, the algorithms and processing methods are developed from scratch, based on public research. It’s all calculated locally on a 1 Hz interval, based on the data the WHOOP 4.0 device feeds the app. As such, the health data collected from the watch, never leaves the phone. While not the main goal of the project, the privacy improvement of the app’s serverless nature cannot be overstated. However, to display metrics, you first need to get data off the WHOOP to begin with.” One would think that selling the hardware should be the business model, but often squeezing out more money through an ongoing subscription is way better for a company (but not necessarily its users). Which is why I will never buy another Oura Ring again, despite them being very good. I’m not paying that type of money, and then still a pretty expensive subscription that goes on forever. Worse is when the cloud services wants to also…