I bought a Garmin rather than an Apple or Android smart watch because I don't want to store my intimate data — information about my day-to-day health, fitness and location — on the cloud. I am glad I can download the data to the computer by USB, and I have even found clunky ways to convert the FIT files to GPX and store them in mapping software. But it's really annoying that there are watch features that can only be accessed if I am willing to use Garmin's "connect" program and send all of my data to their servers.
Am I think only one who thinks this is very annoying? Are there any third-party services to access and control the watch without giving random hackers access to my daily resting heartrate?