Whenever a for-profit company introduces a new feature, one must ask himself, what is the business case for it.
Personally, I see this feature as a way for Google to legally track which apps people use, and how often. Essentially, it does for Google what Onavo VPN did for Facebook.
From the data collection point of view, whoever came up with this idea at Google must have been worth a promotion. Especially, after GDPR came into force.
> They can and do already track your app usage (you can see this if you check your usage history on the Google data dashboards).
Is my Android data usage by app stored somewhere online by default? I thought the stats are only kept locally at the OS level, and are not connected to my Google Account.
In any case, "Digital well-being" seems to be about tracking screen time, not data usage. And as far as I understand, it sends that data back to Google.
Sign into your google store account on another device with a web browser, it gives you full information about what apps you have installed, how long you have used them, and even the ability to install apps remotely (!).
Whenever a for-profit company introduces a new feature, one must ask himself, what is the business case for it.
Personally, I see this feature as a way for Google to legally track which apps people use, and how often. Essentially, it does for Google what Onavo VPN did for Facebook.
From the data collection point of view, whoever came up with this idea at Google must have been worth a promotion. Especially, after GDPR came into force.