Most likely. @Bayley89 @Strava will you ever have support for @huawei health, I've kinda gone strava dark since I got my new huawei phone and with strava not working on it. All of which could be Summit paid-only features. Some of the Garmin Connect features aren’t even available in Strava. It’s very personal data that is specific to me, and I’m fairly open to letting Strava use my data to create a platform that I feel is useful to me. •    All segment leaderboards (including following/clubs/this year/age groups/weight classes) Sauce was created by me, Justin. Whereas now I have stopped my Garmin from syncing with Strava. I’m pretty sure that strava cannot convince my club, family and friends to all pay for this feature in the future, so as per de facto it is missed. The Strava app had apparently recorded data about the woman, and when he selected the jogger’s face in Strava, her full name, picture and a map of her run (which effectively shows where she lives) were displayed. We plan to take what we earn from these changes and reinvest straight back into building more and better features – not devising ways to fill up your feed with ads or sell your personal information. Our 'advertising' offering comes in the form of sponsored challenges, which are available to brands that can be a motivational influence to athletes, and not a disruptive force. At Garmin Connect, I created more important segments where I compete with myself, not with packed steroids cheaters. The nice thing is that I don’t really do much with Strava anymore. A few years ago I became a subscriber because: “Every dollar you spend . But I do miss the features they took away. We simply want to make a product so good that you’re happy to pay for it.”. No, I love this post and DCRainmaker in general.. why ? Strava not recording heart rate from Apple Watch. If they didn’t break apps for 30 days, would that have really been such a big deal? But, I’d pay if they gave us a moto option. This can be really handy when you know the athlete provided the wrong weight or it's simply not available from Strava. They’re using the stick, instead of the carrot. That’s the part they need to be called out for. Early on they should have had a very basic version available for say $1/month. Understand why a segment may not have matched to your activity and what you can do about it, why false matches occur, and common problems in our segment matching algorithm. Yes, I like the Strava interface very much, but not enough to pay to see my data that I gave them for free. If you’re new around these parts, here’s the long version of my story. I’ll be deleting Strava and sticking with Garmin Connect from now on. Use Backcountry.com or Competitive Cyclist with either the coupon code DCRAINMAKER for first time users saving 15% on applicable products. And perhaps this is stravas goal? Both these things are important to me as a casual exerciser. It’s not me it’s you! But, if you’re not a paying member, you’ll never see it. The reason I stopped paying for Summit access was that I just didn’t use those features to make it worth their while. Strava can’t own segments, they are just part of runs, and I can still go onto each of my runs and view my times for these segments and so this data will be freely available and replicatable in the near future I’m sure. Great to be finally able to instantly choose what kind of workout to record. In a conference call last week, Strava was point-blank clear that if they don’t get more subscribers and become profitable, there’s a pretty good chance there won’t be a Strava in a year. Recent changes to free and subscription features on Strava … I’m not going to use my phone and I’m definitely not going to use an Apple Watch or Suunto for running. I understand that they need to make money somehow. Not sure why people are bashing him for speaking so honestly. I workout a couple of times a week because of the health benefits but don’t do races or anything like that. my weekly podcast - with GPLAMA, which is packed with both gadget and non-gadget goodness! I’ve had premium & free versions, currently on free version as I didn’t want/need the premium features. They’ve just been very negligent in doing this. In the UK/EU/Australia/New Zealand? I’ve been impressed with Sports Tracker by Amer sports. Hello Garmin Connect. It was merely Zwift trying to clean-up Virtual segments. Then, I come here and write about my adventures. As for the point that it is our data they are restricting and your response that they add value to it, well the problem is that it isn’t particularly advanced analysis just displaying the times of segments you’ve run from your own runs and someone will come along and just provide this so whilst its gone now it won’t be for long. We don’t pay for google, do we? : ₹ 1,549.00: Price: ₹ 699.00 (₹ 69.90 / 100 g) Fulfilled FREE Delivery. Long story short, “They’re using the stick, instead of the carrot.”. As part of the May 18th changes, Route Builder got a complete overhaul. Garmin Connect segments are enough for me. Only thing they can do is ask you to reset watch or send it to support for repair and of course Strava does not have any support. •    Compare your results That way there could be two tiers for paying customers. and where does it stop? Anyway, the training calendar is no longer available in Strava. Here we provide you with more explanations about this decision taken by Strava, which we deeply regret. Solely comparing paying club members just doesn’t make sense, since you want to compare all your frinds in a Strava club. DCR is awesome. You probably stumbled upon here looking for a review of a sports gadget. In this context, if I was a non-paying member, I wouldn’t be able to see that I’m faster than GPLAMA here. It’s a nice break from the day to day sports-tech talk, and I hope you get something out of it! Or perhaps leveraging vehicle density/speed data integration already being gathered, into route builder as I floated this weekend. Here, let me translate what they’re saying for you into plain English: “We realize that this is probably gonna break some (ok, most) apps. Strava Challenge Submission Fill in the form below to submit your challenge copy and creative assets. I can get it back on but strava ride is gone. •    Analyze your efforts. And frankly, I can’t have that. The same app developers that have furthered Strava’s business and reach, Strava has decided to give zero notice to. All my activities are different then they offer in the statistics. But I’m not clear why they had to burn the house down to do it today at 10AM Pacific Time. Strava is just doing more virtue signaling about something that should be the responsibility of cyclist / runner to begin with, and furthermore, if someone is concerned about that why even use Strava to begin with? It was nice for a while, with garmin connect and tapiirik. I and people like me have approached Strava many times about including a motorsports category. *Note: An earlier version of this post included additional API deprecations. Yes, flybys are hosed for now, and it’s weird that they’re suddenly worried about privacy on flybys after having them around for so long. No incidents reported. you can workout X number of hours in a week or month and after that Strava behaves like the free version. Get all your awesome high quality DCR kit and gear here! Sounds like a plan for the future indeed! I don’t care about comparing to others but not being able to check my own history blows. Additionally, runs and rides tracked via Strava will automatically contribute to your Fitbit all day stats like calories and active minutes The data adds a bit of fun but that is it for me. It seems like a company founded by teenagers with no real world business sense. The app is well known for its accurate results while doing the workouts and it provides excellent tips on health and fitness. And here’s the worst part: They aren’t necessarily wrong on that specific issue. Looking for the equipment I use day to day? Or why can’t Strava Beacon then automatically integrate across teams/clubs so that people know where everyone is on a group ride? Strava is providing cities with crucial mobility insights, including COVID-19’s impact on active transportation, to enable smarter urban planning and infrastructure decisions. But wait – why is VeloViewer different than other apps? tobiasfritz , 03/04/2018. There are countless ideas that people can come up with that would drive subscription revenue. Notifications Both phone and Watch app are good and especially the watch app has improved significantly with the removal of the big orange round button. I used to look at my flybys on occasion, for now it’s just not worth doing. And even if it doesn’t, it does suggest that political affiliationism on the part of corporates etc will not be tolerated. Changes to the Segments API May 18th, 2020. Have to agree with your article. So here is the most up to date list of products I like and fit the bill for me and my training needs best! Enjoy, and thanks for stopping by! He’s so right! My issue is that I’m not an “athlete”. This year was no exception. DC Rainmaker 2019 swim, bike, run, and general gear list. There’s some value to be had there, sure, but not as much value as is being lost today (for all users). Still, my take is that this is less about Strava’s goals of being profitable, and more about the way they’re going about it. Strava’s log-in page will pop up. At least that happened to virtual efforts in RGT, That change was actually a month or so before, but isn’t related to paid/non-paid users. [Update: 26 hours later, Strava disagrees with this summary of that portion of the call, stating only that “We are not yet a profitable company and need to become one in order to serve athletes better”.]. And if I can talk my mates into changing over too, bye bye Strava!. They have a huge amount of our data that we’ve uploaded, and could (with our permission, obviously) analyse this data and use it to build new features that people are willing to pay for or even to sell to advertisers who can sell us products for which Strava gets a cut. C) Looking at what my real-life friends have posted recently. Then, of course, you have more robust versions available to members who want/need those functions. And in fact it looks like that feature is now so clogged with segments that even the ‘live segments’ option (requires payment) is so annoying that its destroying the one feature that cyclists actually like. It is indeed a website type monitor of physical activity available in a dozen languages. If Strava is in trouble, maybe including the dark underbelly of motorsports would help them. Want to compare the features of each product, down to the nitty-gritty? You can see not only the top 10, but my self and my stats on it. Now that you’re registered, you can use Strava to track your progress, motivate you, and connect with others. 2020-12-08 22:23:24 @agherzan @SyncMyTracks Strava "Yoga" workouts end up as "Other" in Garmin Connect. Do you practice sports activities such as hiking, cycling or swimming and want to share your experiences? – Non-paying users will no longer get the web route builder: If you want to build routes, you’ll need to use another platform. The app is suitable for Android and iOS devices. They’re not paying members. •    Flagging Segments is allowed Out of all the things they’re doing here, this is one of the most irritating ones. If that’s the case (but certainly not saying my choices aren’t good for women), and you just want to see a different gear junkies “picks”, check out The Girl’s 2018 Gear Guide too. I have used both the free version and paid plan previously. A really handy feature for getting accurate Watts/kg and TSS. I hate that sort of invasive preaching that happens with Strava where they have no idea what they’re doing…they are not a sports authority, they are a sports data accumulation application. •    Activity achievements is shown on a ride (KOM’s, CR’s, PR’s), Paying Subscribers only: Having one app to keep track of and interact with both sides of that coin would be nice. That’s where they are adding value. If it was slightly less I would pay up without hesitation. I force stopped, and reconnected them both. Strava Labs showcases interesting side projects enabled by this dataset. As for the data metrics Strava wants to sell back to you there are better options I think, some that may charge a fee but have been around longer and are more trusted with athletes to provide a path forward for performance gains. I personally don’t care much about segments in my day to day riding (and certainly not running). They’re just using the ‘Embed on Blog’ feature to get that to display: I asked Strava exactly what was changing developer-wise, and they noted the following specific items from the API: Segment Leaderboard data is not available anymore, Segment Effort data is available for subscribers (but not non-paying users). So the latter is *MY* data not what Strava is bringing to the table. Take your Strava game to new heights. They are summarized as follows: – Non-paying users will no longer see the full leaderboard: They’ll only see the top 10 times (all + Top 10 women), you won’t see your friends anymore Plus, you'll be more awesome. What’s not normal is how Strava is handling this. Why haven’t you yet released a review for XYZ product you mentioned months ago? Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. . This guide will help you get started so you can fully engage in the Strava experience on the web. I have subscribed to Strava in the past, but don’t now. Likely less than 5% of Strava’s 50 million users will ever see them. Sorry never going to pay for my own data shared with others. The restrictions will appear immediately. Obviously this is a high risk change for Strava, and probably not done in the best way. Watching the Tour de France in 2019 . If Strava knew how to cost effectively host their servers they would probably make money, they use AWS, beyond a certain scale that’s not cost effective (about the $25K mark). Was/is there a tab in the Challenge showing a club leaderboard? Then came all the “trash” activities in my feed, mainly friend’s Zwift workouts, but walking, etc. One thing that this latest debacle by Strava has shown me, the reprogramming to remove features, is that I don’t need them at all. Strava is just not that big of a deal for me anymore, they’re doing a good job of making themselves irrelevant IMO. •    Top 10 all-time and top 10 women Results in Leaderboard I think though this lessens the value of Strava Segments for everyone, because it makes it far less interesting/valuable to non-paying users. I'm facing the same issue. Navigate to your activity page on the website (this feature is not available in our mobile apps.) Meanwhile, the other ones that are allowed for paying members means that apps can still get individual efforts for the given authenticated athlete, but not segment-specific data like people within a leaderboard category such as following or age groups. Click connect under the Strava logo. I would like to see maybe a time based option. And to compliment that, here’s The Girl’s (my wife’s) list. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Click on Refresh Activity Achievements. I did try to restart my device, upgrade app if available, but no luck so far. With the use of app, you can track your walk, run, cycling activities and workout sessions. Oh, and you can sign-up for the newsletter here! Looks like Strava is already working on this issue: https://support.strava.com/hc/en-us/articles/360045126132.