but does that spider work with the new rival/force crank/ring designs? If so, I’m fine with adding an option for a integrated ring/powermeter combo. If not, it’s a super crappy move.
For me, it’s not about the cost of replacing the chainring/meter combo together. Chainrings last a long time. My objection is that I like to change gearing and swap between 1x and 2x and having multiple ring choices is really helpful (particularly with 1x). Chainrings are relatively cheap. ~$400 is pretty reasonable for a ring/meter combo, but not when compared to chainrings.