All I know is Strava is fucking up and opening the door
if they don't own the IP on this stuff, the barrier to entry is very low.
I get notices from one of the other apps/sites that i've set a PR - might be GC, or TF.
The "my results" is the costly one - as they can't pre-process it for everybody (i wouldn't think - given the size.)
I probably would have left the leaderboard, this ride, your PR - and charged for the 'my results, or any other
breakdown ie race/ride/workout, age, weight, but leave gender break-out for free.
They could also break it into "group ride" for road, vs solo effort. The segments on my road are dominated by
the Tour of Somerville coming through at 30mph.
The one thing I would have liked to see is maintenance integration.
Maybe even connected to the shop (like cars are connected to their dealer)
Hit 50 hours, get a reminder to service the fork, etc. Or if ya change your tires,
it knows how many miles/hours were put in on the old ones.
This might actually help those that are less mechanically inclined take care of their bike - like the oil light in the car.
For another stream of income:
How about shop kudos? you come in range of a shop (running or bike or ski/board), and they automatically kudos the activity (assuming privacy is set to do that)
Maybe the shop gets a summary report on what people are riding, how much, and where?
I'm not really sure what 180 people are doing, cause it looks like a 10 person project to me.
perhaps it is 10 people coding, 50 lawyers, 50 accountants, 50 sales people, and some investors?