Why should the people who have paid for premium pay for your free recap?
Iamthehottestman on
late stage capitalism
cresium on
The recap this year is the weakest in years. You are not missing out.
mtranda on
Been on the paid version for a few years until they introduced the AI bullshit. I was happy to support a product I am using. But the AI thing was gratuitous and shoehorned. That was the point when I felt the time has come to pull the plug.
I very much doubt “AI summaries” was that high on their users’ feature requests. But they still felt they have to justify their price somehow and I guess that was a low hanging fruit.
At the same time, the mobile app is trash in terms of functionality, yet, when I log on to the website from my phone to do what I can’t do from the app, they are happy to recommend the app. No shit, Sherlock, why do you think I am on the web?
But I guess shoving AI everywhere shines brighter in the eyes of the shareholders than actually working on features.
Since being back on the free tier I no longer have AI. Which is great! And from the looks of things, the benefits of not paying just keep adding up.
At this point I would gladly switch to another centralised app if it were available, but I’m on two ecosystems (Suunto and Wahoo) so Strava collects the stats from both. Maybe I should look again at what platforms those two have in common.
OkTale8 on
Honestly, you’re not missing anything. The recap this year sucked.
klomz on
Use StatsHunter on your desktop and you get all the statistics from Strava.
Outside_Fix3910 on
Between the random Garmin chaos and the ongoing price increases, I’m letting my annual premium membership expire. It’s not my job to pay for unnecessary AI infrastructure. They can explain it to the shareholders.
HoyAIAG on
Just pay for a month and then cancel
your_pet_is_average on
Yeah this pissed me off too. Pay wall creep just feels bad to the user.
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Fine by me, i’m happy with free.
Why should the people who have paid for premium pay for your free recap?
late stage capitalism
The recap this year is the weakest in years. You are not missing out.
Been on the paid version for a few years until they introduced the AI bullshit. I was happy to support a product I am using. But the AI thing was gratuitous and shoehorned. That was the point when I felt the time has come to pull the plug.
I very much doubt “AI summaries” was that high on their users’ feature requests. But they still felt they have to justify their price somehow and I guess that was a low hanging fruit.
At the same time, the mobile app is trash in terms of functionality, yet, when I log on to the website from my phone to do what I can’t do from the app, they are happy to recommend the app. No shit, Sherlock, why do you think I am on the web?
But I guess shoving AI everywhere shines brighter in the eyes of the shareholders than actually working on features.
Since being back on the free tier I no longer have AI. Which is great! And from the looks of things, the benefits of not paying just keep adding up.
At this point I would gladly switch to another centralised app if it were available, but I’m on two ecosystems (Suunto and Wahoo) so Strava collects the stats from both. Maybe I should look again at what platforms those two have in common.
Honestly, you’re not missing anything. The recap this year sucked.
Use StatsHunter on your desktop and you get all the statistics from Strava.
Between the random Garmin chaos and the ongoing price increases, I’m letting my annual premium membership expire. It’s not my job to pay for unnecessary AI infrastructure. They can explain it to the shareholders.
Just pay for a month and then cancel
Yeah this pissed me off too. Pay wall creep just feels bad to the user.
Time to code FOSS alternative 😊