Strava now charging for the end of year recap

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It can, like @GoLongThenGoHome mentioned below. I also saw a comment that is it not perfect, with which I agree. It has trouble with ‘finding’ an exact distance, meaning sometimes you ask the route-generator for a 50km ride south and it provides a 39km. But when you ask it for a 60km it might give you a 50 or 51km ride. Little bit of trial and error involved. What it also does - and I don’t like it so much - is while it uses heatmaps, those also often lead you through more densely populated areas whereas over here (north-west Europe) there are plenty of routes and ways that avoid urban centers. So I tend to move those around myself. Upside: you avoid crowded or urban places, and you become a bit more engaged with the route. Downside: more work to do yourself.

In any case I still really like it in/for places I am not familiar, e.g. when on holiday. Furthermore I prefer not having to export routes from a third app to Garmin which is needed anyway for the head unit (or FR945 watch, in my case). Also I’m not sure Strava’s route-builder doesn’t do the exact same thing re. heatmaps and urban areas.

Completely off-topic, but man do I wonder why don’t people simply leave Twitter after its leadership change. Its might is in the users. (I occassionally look(ed) on Twitter and always ended up feeling sad for mankind.)

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That’s a great article by Cosmo Catalano. Ironic that it’s posted on Strava! He summarizes things nicely. This line stood out:

So on paper, Strava could be profitable — just not at venture-capital scale. The possibility that user revenue was never going to make the investors happy might explain Strava’s growing disregard for user feedback

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Everyone needs to weigh what value different things have for them versus the cost. I think Strava is great value for $5 a month.

I also think my $5 cup of coffee that I have a few times a month is good value for my money as well.

It is clear Strava doesn’t offer enough value for you for the $5 and I get that too. Everyone has their own value scales.

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Indeed - all the guys I TT with use strava - most have premium. During Covid with no results board it was the easiest way to get an idea of how you had done! I think it’s great value seeing what everyone’s up to. That said I pay for mywindsock too…am I skint - no. Then I don’t by a takeaway latte everyday either. If I started struggling financially then it may go along with lots of add ons - Sky Amazon prime etc. However, if nobody paid for it then there would not be a free version - all businesses must make money…there is no such thing as a free lunch as they say…same for GCN race pass - everyone has to make their own value judgement - but if they are all to the negative then the option will disappear (my local pub where we ate often has just closed because nobody apart from us used it really - it has a wharf - in the summer you won’t be able to sit in the sun and have a beer as it’s now shut - real shame)

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GC will show you distance, time, ascent, and calories for past year.

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You think there are lots of people paying $80 for the year in review? I’d be surprised if that’s true…but someone bought those NFT’s up, so who knows :rofl:

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I’m glad that you think it’s a good value. It’s besides the point. There’s no need to get defensive about your strava sub or your $5 coffee.

We are discussing a company not one persons individual choice of buying their service. One could even be a Strava subscriber and be disappointed by the software bugs and their decisions over the years.

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Yeah, Garmin Connect is subsidized but they aren’t making money on my Edge 500. Of course there’s the Neo in case I ever felt guilty of taking advantage of a large multinational corporation :slight_smile:, but I bought it before Garmin bought Tacx.

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I vote for a TR year in review! :+1:

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Having just viewed my ‘Year in Review’ on Strava, I can confirm that the non-paying subscribers aren’t missing out on much.

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I like the VeloViewer infographic better than the Strava year in review.

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You’re more likely to win the lottery never buying a ticket than that happening

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We can agree to disagree about the value and usefulness of Strava and their business model, as you seem to really not like the company. Maybe move over to Garmin Connect, which I’ve also used for years and it’s pretty good, but nowhere near Strava on some fronts.

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I also like that you can filter it for real miles/ commuting miles etc and there’s a lot of other interesting stats you can get from it.

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That seems unnecessary. You could have relayed the rest of your message exactly the same without taking a swipe at another poster.

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I was just making the point I wasn’t being defensive, as the poster asserted. Regardless, I deleted it.

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I just saw Strava offering 14 months for the price of 12. Still not worth £55 to me - the free version provides everything I need barring a few shiny toys.

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Weird. Don’t their employees work for free? Why would they charge for offering a service? Not like servers or programmers cost anything…

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Can someone please explain to me why this thread caused concern. I’ve read and re-read but remain genuinely ignorant. Perhaps AJS914’s posts could have felt a touch aggressive to a recipient, but beyond that…

PS I don’t defend insensitivities. I believe that “banter” is just another word for “bullying”.

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Not certain what you are asking me….as for my comment which you responded to, I think I was pretty straight-forward. I felt the first part of the reply I quoted was an unnecessary swipe at another poster.