R.i.p koms [image] Strava leaderboards and routes no longer free | Subscription model the future... Strava strips back free service; leaderboards, segment analysis and routes now only available to subscribers

[image] Captain_Doughnutman: Got an alert today notifying me of a poached KOM. Went to check it out…spent a few minutes flagging the top SEVEN rides because they were ALL in vehicles by old people. One even managed to bang out 1000w for 30sec with a 73HR! WTF! LOL! So…strava wants me to pay for …

Exhibit A indeed. This drama is playing out like some kind of Internet vendetta, straight out of a movie “Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!” The auto-flagging bad rides is a red herring, a distraction tactic. Yes, Strava put large parts of the leaderboard behind …

[image] hvvelo: I am giving them another year… Why? If it takes them more than a DECADE to nail down their most popular feature, one more year probably isn’t going to help them solve the problems they have.

Why? Read the whole sentence - not just the first 6 words. He gave his reason. It amazes me how invested some people are in bashing a product they use for free. I mean if you don’t like it - walk away and be done with it.

So have been a Strava premium member for 2 years now. I was quite happy to renew, whenever that was due. Suddenly I find that my subscription has dropped to the “Free” version, instead of renewing. I received NO notification of my subscription running out, and am frankly puzzled. I note it has ri…

I just assumed it was another price hike?

Were you previously paying for only one or two of the Summit packages? If so, that is why you see an increase. The new Subscription is effectively the full price of the old 3 packs or the original Premium plan.

I think the issue with Strava is they straddle a lot of different functions and the most valuable one to their customer base is one that people have been conditioned not to pay for. At it’s core, it’s social media and public leaderboards, something like ZwiftPower was for Zwift, but less rigorous. …

Another problem with Strava is that their VC backers want a big score not just a sustainable small company that makes a decent profit. They probably had hoped that Garmin would buy them for a billion dollars. They have been short sighted with their little nudges that try to get users to pay. First …

Strava leaderboards no longer free

PhilSJones August 25, 2020, 7:44am 744

Me too. No notification from then to say it was expiring… What are they up to?

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