The change to Strava

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So anyone going to upgrade ?

Personally i cant see the point, was never a segment chaser and my Garmin has far better detail for training than Strava ever will.

Seems to me they are money grabbing. With so many new users who think its a worthwhile thing.
 
I do not think they have done themselves any favours especially in the current climate with more people taking up fitness then ever before (go figure its lockdown...I cant get my head around that bit) due to COVID seeing the youtube video of one of the founders he had zero remorse. It is purely about money and they are capitalising on the effects of COVID in my eyes.

You sign up for some of the challenges by companies is a form of advertising, I have taken a few up myself and purchased a few bits and bobs from them, but normally they are from high end brands trying to get rid of odd sizes etc. I have no problem with this and I think its something STRAVA should have capitalised on more. It is perfect place for manufacturers to get their new product direct to the people who buy them.

I cant see me subbing for it, yes they will get a spike but i think the majority will cancel in 3 months time as it doest offer anything thats already free if you have Garmin/Polar/Sunnito or other Tracker. The only way it could survive in the longterm is if they brought out their own line of "smart stuff" which then forces people into the STRAVA eco system.
 
When cycling the phone sits in the back pocket and is used a phone in case of mishap. I never take my phone running its far to bulky.

Sure when people are first starting out they might use a phone much like you see people at Parkruns and armbands but at some point if they are serious will get a watch or head unit for the bike or maybe have both.

Its nice to see what friends have been upto i will give Strava but £50 a year or so.
 
Garmin connect is also very good now, i tend to use that for most of my routes, Komoot just doesn't seem to gel with me.

Hopefully some other bright spark will pick up where STRAVA left off and do it cheaper.
 
I am not around to support devs on their endless quest of app development and subscription based products for features that i will never use.

I want to pay once and once only.
 
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There are plenty of superior alternatives for training data itself.
No alternatives for the social media side of things nor the segments. That's what Strava have wrapped up very well and the main reason they'll survive/gain ground from this money move.
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Exactly as i have said its nothing more than paying for social media with a athletic tinge. I get that it needs money to survive but suckering people in over the past years to create the segments in the first place and then the leaderboards then removing them due to worldwide pandemic and a influx of users they suddenly cant afford the Server bandwidth or whatever it is, Stinks nothing more than money grabbing to me.

The business model was FAIL from day 1 yet they blame the users.

I do not have a hate on Strava its fun, but i wont pay for it and its metrics are useless compared to that of my Garmin & Training peaks, Like many i am never going to be the fastest across path X, being the fastest across path X does not motivate me my goals are wider and longer term besides i am pushing 50 next year hence my old school views on software development, Pay once and pay again 3 or 4 years later for the new improved version yet the old version should still work !!
 
What is so baffling about it ? They are using a business model that clearly doesn't work from DAY 1 so they break what made it popular in the first place by taking it away and make people pay for it. Its ironic that an entire cycling industry suddenly focused around STRAVA yet it actually does nothing apart from a virtual clap on the back and a segment that some e-biker has won.

For me it just an extra sprinkle of something thats about it.
 
True they have not gone bust, but have been running on borrowed money, From the GCN interview it was clear it is nothing more than making money, in the middle of a pandemic when people are using it more. I think we may see a new contender on the block soon. Segmento.com would be good as everything cycling in Italian is just better :)
 
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