Bring back the CUSTOMISABLE data export now!

I exported my entire data history so I could check my step count per day over time, but the only data export option gives you over 100 data points per day, and not total steps. Google is effectively witholding my data from me by only providing it in an unusable format. I'm pretty sure this is illegal! It's my data. Let me customise my data export!
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HRalert
Recovery Runner

I tried to export my data today for the first time since I upgraded my account to a Google account, and now the only data export option is to export the entire history of all my Fitbit data. We used to be able to select a data metric (eg. steps, heart rate, sleep) and a timeframe and just export that data. Not any more. So I exported the entire history, found my step data, and opened the file, only to find it is giving me my step count in approximately 3 minute intervals per day, and not providing the total daily steps. That's over 100 data points per day, and it doesn't give the total steps per day. The data is practically unusable in this format. I want to compare my daily steps for the month with the same month a year ago and 2 years ago, but I can't. Google is effectively witholding my data from me by only providing it in an unusable format. Shame on you Google. I'm pretty sure this is illegal! It's my data. If you can summarise your daily steps in the app for each day, why can't you send you that information through a customisable data export? We should be able to choose the timeframe, the type of data we want (steps, heart rate, sleep etc) and we should be able to select from a "PER DAY" option and a "detailed" option. What's the point of tracking your data if you can't access that data? Bring back the ability to customise my data export!

CJ-ISU
Recovery Runner

The only halfway decent option I have found is to export my data to Apple Health and then using a paid Apple App called "HealthExport" to export a CSV.  Terrible option but best I can do since Google update.

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