alt Hacker News"In most cases you can’t use the device without agreeing to the terms of service right?"
Yeah ?
Who agreed to that ToS ? Abby McAbbott ? With no phone number ? A throwaway email address ?
As I said: I have not entered into any agreements of any kind with Abbott. You should not either.
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Doesn't really work that way. If you want to sue Abbot, then you have to reveal yourself. At which point, it will be clear that you were in fact using the product and did in fact agree to the ToS. If you never sue Abbot, then sure. But then it doesn't matter.
Part of the benefit of CGM’s is you can automatically load your readings to your doctor. I have a T1 child, so when I call with a problem I can get quick answers.
Related, Abbot previously had problems with their freestyle lite test strips. There were lawsuits, fines and most insurance dropped them from their covered diabetic suppliers.
> Who agreed to that ToS ? Abby McAbbott ? With no phone number ? A throwaway email address ?
I don’t think this matters in the way you think it does. If they can demonstrate that you have to click through the ToS to use the device and app, then the burden would be on you to show that you did not accept the ToS to use the device. But therein lies the catch: If you found a way to circumvent their setup process, you wouldn’t be using the device as designed or intended.