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As of May 27, there is no way to revert to the old app, and Google seems unwilling to provide the original Fitbit app to customers. Congrats, Google, you took a popular and successful brand and, in less than five years, turned it into something people hate and which will never be popular again. Good job?
Seemingly in response to all the negative reviews and yelling, Google has posted a roadmap for its new Google Health app and promised to fix a lot of the issues and bugs people are sharing. It’s a bit odd that Google didn’t try to, uh, fix or listen to people over the last year as they were testing and previewing this new app and are only now seemingly rushing to make things better. But then again, I’m not surprised.
This is big tech in 2026. It is no longer about building cool apps, useful devices, or worthwhile services. Instead, all big tech can do is desperately take things that worked and slap new coats of paint on them endlessly while shoving in more AI features, ads, and paywalls in a desperate attempt to convince shareholders that they are making big changes as they do whatever it takes to make that number go up.
There was a time when tech companies found success by solving problems or delighting people with new products. Those days are gone. Enjoy your AI slop. And if you don’t enjoy it, get fucked, loser! We own everything anyway. Enshittification, baby! Everything gets worse. Nothing gets better.