Is strava going from suck to blow?
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It's pretty obnoxious that the Strava feed to Trailforks auto-locks the activity such that you cannot post it to TF as a shared activity. In all the years this thread has been going I never once considered dropping Strava. But this level of pettiness makes me think about it.
Strava is the poster child for enshittification. I can't believe no app has come close to replacing them.
My mind is still blown that Garmin didn't try. It seems like their infrastructure with Garmin Connect was already in place and it wouldn't have been that hard to add the social media features.
Partially I wonder if someone at Garmin did the math and realized there just isn't money in it.
Very interesting thoughts. I upload my rides to Strava through Garmin Connect. I assume most of us do.
The irony that Strava sucks the free hog of Garmin Connect then refuses to let anyone use their data is pretty rich.
Even more since Garmin has been great about working with apps/companies with data sharing and Strava had their big lock downs on the data. I'm assuming Strava is still bleeding money. With the way the bike industry is going and fitness industry especially post Covid I'm assuming there's less ad dollars.
Yeah.
I also see that Trailforks added an easier way to upload directly from Garmin. I just set mine up:
Hopefully this works cleanly. I disabled the Strava sync.
There's also a tool to convert your past Strava uploads to having come from Garmin. While I am tempted to do that, I am also hesitant because I'd prefer to not lose 10 years of TF data.
I'm sure Strava owns some of the intellectual property around segments and leaderboards.
also pretty sure is that if Strava lets data out, and it gets used for some mash-up without the user's permission, it is a problem.
Veloviewer has had to scale down their offering.
Isn't Garmin connect delivering directly to TF now?
EDIT: Just saw @Norm's post when I hit post.
also pretty sure is that if Strava lets data out, and it gets used for some mash-up without the user's permission, it is a problem.
Veloviewer has had to scale down their offering.
Isn't Garmin connect delivering directly to TF now?
EDIT: Just saw @Norm's post when I hit post.
I'm pretty sure Intervals.icu now grabs the data from Garmin but title from Strava to get around some of the Strava data BS. I don't mind the data coming from Garmin but I do title on Strava not Garmin and so if I need to search I want to the Strava title.
Yeah, maybe. See my post previous to yours. We'll see if it works.
I think Garmin is trying which is the sad part. Being brand tied is the huge hurdle there.
Red Mosquito
Formerly RLB the Scrapple Boy
This is what I was going to suggest, Cut out the Strava middleman. Strava is just the endpoint for all my stuff now, I do not record anything (unless I’m in a pinch) or pull anything from Strava. TBH I should start looking elsewhere just because Strava sucks so bad as a company.
Just remembered this too - along the way, Strava app was able to connect to anything that had a BT/BTLE interface.
Suddenly they stopped - except smart watches that paired to the phones.
They claimed they had app crashes, and did not want to deal with all of the interfaces.
This stabilized the head unit market, which is garmin's $$ maker.
Could it have been a deal that Garmin will keep sending data if Strava doesn't start directly recording all of the sensor data?
makes sense ?
Suddenly they stopped - except smart watches that paired to the phones.
They claimed they had app crashes, and did not want to deal with all of the interfaces.
This stabilized the head unit market, which is garmin's $$ maker.
Could it have been a deal that Garmin will keep sending data if Strava doesn't start directly recording all of the sensor data?
makes sense ?
I thought they did try with adding segments and some other features that strava had at the time? Garmins app looks like a POS compared to strava.
Red Mosquito
Formerly RLB the Scrapple Boy
Garmin seems to suck at UI in general. My only experience is a few edge devices and the connect app/site, but they leave a lot to be desired.
thegock
Well-Known Member
Garmin has great customer support. I know, having broke 8 of them.
Are you actually the original Mr. Magoo?
thegock
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I will LYK when you make it to 69.
iman29
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I originally came here to post some of the new features or changes I noticed on the App like the new shape of the profile Icon/picture indicating subscriber (I think). Plus they published an article on all the changes too:
press.strava.com
then this morning this article popped up in my feeds:
techfundingnews.com
I havent spent the time to read about all the new features or updates, but I am glad they did away with an update I saw a few weeks back where the Kudos icon would spin.
Strava Unveils Suite of New Subscriber Features
press.strava.com
then this morning this article popped up in my feeds:
After Runna, Strava buys The Breakaway, pushing its valuation past $2B — TFN
Strava acquires The Breakaway after Runna, boosting its valuation to over $2 billion.
techfundingnews.com
I havent spent the time to read about all the new features or updates, but I am glad they did away with an update I saw a few weeks back where the Kudos icon would spin.
Kaleidopete
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from my ride today, if the police get this detection tool to see who is riding where, tickets will flow!
