But as Craig points out, that can backfire when a streak is broken, especially due to circumstances out of our control. Ultimately, these systems are here to help encourage us to be better, which is great. Many, including myself, have argued that Apple ought to come up with a system that’s more lenient: rest days, streak recovery 1, streak pausing, whatever. I am one thousand percent in agreement with Craig on this front. Ran a marathon the previous day? “Your rings are usually further along by now, you slovenly disappointment!” 97% full of snot due to flu? “Get up, lazybones! Or I will hurl your streak into the sun!” And it periodically nags you if you’re not improving your stats. At best, Apple’s exercise system wants you to maintain a strict 100% record, forever. The problem is the thin line between encouragement and assuming everyone is a robot. Apple’s Fitness streaks need more humanityĬraig Grannell at Stuff argues that Apple’s approach to Fitness streaks ultimately does us a disservice:

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