What other kinds of things can period-tracker apps be used for? (lemmy.world)

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I'm not familiar with how they work or what kinds of data they track and return. Would they be useful to track things like plant feeder changes, cpap cleaning schedules, ant farm maintenance...

Can you think useful alternative applications and life hacks for these apps?

edit: I know that there are alternative scheduling apps for virtually any need. That's not the point. I like finding new and useful ways to use existing things.

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[-] solrize@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Don't, just don't, or maybe do. A lot of those apps phone home with your period info to help marketers and the secret police infer when you might be pregnant. So if you're going to use such an app at all, use it for anything except actual period tracking. That should at least confuse them.

[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 12 points 2 days ago

Or get a privacy respectful app from fdroid. I use Periodical.

[-] SPRUNT@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

[-] jjagaimo@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 days ago

Poison the data

[-] SPRUNT@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

That's the goal. Maybe "Flowmeister AI" becomes the best Chia Pet tracker and makes gestapo searches useless.

[-] TokenEffort@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

Make your own with GameMaker which is free and it'll be locally saved and not online for spies

[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

This is the correct answer.

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