Ready to ditch your Oura Ring? Some users are swapping their Oura Rings for other smart rings and wearable fitness trackers . But, it’s not the rings themselves they have a problem with; it’s the brand’s ties to the Department of Defense and Palantir, a large-scale data software analytics company. In 2025, Oura expanded its long-standing partnership with the DOD, supplying thousands of rings to military personnel to track readiness, sleep, stress and more. Some of this data is managed and