What's with all the complaints about Strava not giving it for free?

In wrote:

Strava has would-be customers who do not accept Strava's value proposition, that's the problem. And Strava has had this problem since the beginning. Could just be consumers' sense of value for something like an online training log - they like it, but they feel weird paying for it. It's consumer psych. They aren't idiots, they're regular people.

The issue Strava seems to have is they've failed to expand features to enhance user experience and drive up visits. Content sharing and discussion are difficult at best. It could be a lot more without devolving into a Twitter or FB type platform.

Are you sure this isn't about YOU?

Wildhorse wrote:

Are you sure this isn't about YOU?

Pretty sure. You started the thread, and you've failed to articulate what need you're addressing. Now that you're getting defensive, I'm wanting to steer the conversation back to need-based language. The focus is on what you want to get FROM this thread, not what I'm trying to do TO you.

Here is a list of some common, higher-level human needs.

- Connection

- Physical well-being

- Honesty

- Play

- Peace

- Autonomy

- Meaning

I wonder if this thread has to do with a need for connection and meaning. Here are some more specific needs there (I've highlighted ones I suspect come into play here):

Connection:

acceptance

affection

appreciation

belonging

cooperation

communication

closeness

community

companionship

compassion

consideration

consistency

empathy

inclusion

intimacy

love

mutuality

nurturing

respect/self-respect

safety

security

stability

support

to know and be known

to see and be seen

to understand and be understood

trust

warmth

Meaning

awareness

celebration of life

challenge

clarity

competence

consciousness

contribution

creativity

discovery

efficacy

effectiveness

growth

hope

learning

mourning

participation

purpose

self-expression

stimulation

to matter

understanding

Jesus...

Jesus won't help you now.

I hope that you understand your failure to obtain what you want from this thread, is a direct result of you not understanding your own needs. Treat yourself like a toddler next time you're throwing a tantrum, and start trying to find what need being met would stop the wailing.

Because right now you're just carrying your wailing toddler around the grocery store and you aren't even looking for anything to buy.

You need to masturbate less. Or more, who knows.

Oh do not worry, I am spent. Wrecking your idiotic thread caused me to blow quite a load.

stravasubscriber wrote:

I wasn't a subscriber but now I am. It's $5 a month. That's less than a beer in most cities. Imagine if people demanded what you did for a living was free. The outrage is amazing to me--just dont use the platform in that case. They gave it away for years now they want to make money, why fault them for that?

agree--suck it up and pay the fee--worth it in my opinion; I use it primarly as a training log rather than the community aspect--the old logs we used to buy and write in were 15$ a year anyway! other useful things of Strava is being able to find routes when you are travelling; The leaderboard/segment aspect is more of a "roadie" thing---you get the guy running an 800m segment of a run in 2:30 and the remainder of their run is at 8:30/mile pace! Whatever floats your boat!

paul72 wrote:

stravasubscriber wrote:

I wasn't a subscriber but now I am. It's $5 a month. That's less than a beer in most cities. Imagine if people demanded what you did for a living was free. The outrage is amazing to me--just dont use the platform in that case. They gave it away for years now they want to make money, why fault them for that?

agree--suck it up and pay the fee-

Who are you speaking to? Stay in your lane lmao. PAY THE STRAVA FEE THIS IS NOT NEGOTIABLE YOU ARE BEING DETAINED

Do you just want to see people fall in line?

I tried Strava a while back because I was interested in seeing what it has to offer. I ran the Chicago Marathon, which is a course recognized by Strava, and my GPS points were all over the map (literally) due to satellite issues. My GPS track had me at 27.7 miles, and my Stryd footpod had me at 26.49. I sent an email to Strava tech support asking if it was possible to tell Strava to use my Stryd footpod data rather than the GPS data, and all they gave me was some information to have Strava recalculate the distance from my faulty GPS data.

I was shocked that such a large, popular platform would not have some sort of mechanism to snap bad GPS data to a known course and recalculate and even further appalled that it had no option to choose a secondary data source. Even Garmin Connect showed the proper distance based on the footpod data.

Needless to say, I deleted my account when they started talking about charging for their service. I've been getting by with Garmin Connect for an eyeball view of my data, and SportTracks (now obsolete) for manipulation of data on my desktop.

If all you are looking for is a training log, then set something up in a spreadsheet (Libre Office is free). You'll never have to pay a cent for someone to hold onto your data or be at their mercy when they change their terms of service. Also, keep a local copy of your original .FIT files so that you can always import your data into the applications of your choice.

Strava may be charging $5 right now, but I have a feeling it will be an introductory offer that creeps up incrementally over time.

Wildhorse wrote:

Wowwwdude wrote:

Is this why my run data from my gps isn't uploading to Strava automatically like it used to? I took the bait and did the free trial to see if that did the trick...nada

What app do you use to get the data from your watch?

Amazfit App that goes with my Stratos watch. It's immediately uploaded my runs to Strava after every run until last Thursday. Now I can't figure out how to link them.

Wildhorse wrote:

Jesus...

Jesus left the planet.

Wowwwdude wrote:

Wildhorse wrote:

What app do you use to get the data from your watch?

Amazfit App that goes with my Stratos watch. It's immediately uploaded my runs to Strava after every run until last Thursday. Now I can't figure out how to link them.

It doesn't make sense for Strava to stop people from uploading to their platform. Must be some glitch, idk.

Have you tried turning of the option (in the Amazfit app) that forwards your data to Strava, and turn it on again, so that you have to enter again your email amd password?

God, can Larissa Rivers please stop posting on this thread, she's a damn shill.

Wow. So much effort here!

Seek help.

Wildhorse wrote:

Wowwwdude wrote:

Amazfit App that goes with my Stratos watch. It's immediately uploaded my runs to Strava after every run until last Thursday. Now I can't figure out how to link them.

It doesn't make sense for Strava to stop people from uploading to their platform. Must be some glitch, idk.

Have you tried turning of the option (in the Amazfit app) that forwards your data to Strava, and turn it on again, so that you have to enter again your email amd password?

I've done it all. Nothing works. Maybe coincidental timing... seems awfully suspect to me. They are deciding if i pay for the subscription for me.

Free_the_thigh wrote:

Strava can do whatever it wants, but this was a stupid decision.

I didn’t want to pay for their premium program before because it doesn’t offer anything I care about.

I do care about segments, but let’s real, not nearly enough to pay monthly. I’ll look at them after a run and thinks that’s cool, that’s it.

I’m curious how many new subscribers they got for this?

I agree with this guy but would take it a step further. Before you were using their product in exchange for providing them your data. Now that they're product sucks, you should delete your account, your data is worth more to them than what they are offering in return.

Wowwwdude wrote:

Wildhorse wrote:

It doesn't make sense for Strava to stop people from uploading to their platform. Must be some glitch, idk.

Have you tried turning of the option (in the Amazfit app) that forwards your data to Strava, and turn it on again, so that you have to enter again your email amd password?

I've done it all. Nothing works. Maybe coincidental timing... seems awfully suspect to me. They are deciding if i pay for the subscription for me.

I'm on the free trial too, and Polar Flow uploads fine. So does SyncMyTracks, but it doesn't seem to support Amazfit, though.

I used to use an app called Notify & Fitness for Amazfit to upload from an Amazfit Bip to Strava. It supports the Stratos. May be worth a shot.

Still, it would be stupid for Strava to prevent on purpose people from uploading to their platform, but you never know.

Wildhorse wrote:

I'm on the free trial too, and Polar Flow uploads fine. So does SyncMyTracks, but it doesn't seem to support Amazfit, though.

I used to use an app called Notify & Fitness for Amazfit to upload from an Amazfit Bip to Strava. It supports the Stratos. May be worth a shot.

Still, it would be stupid for Strava to prevent on purpose people from uploading to their platform, but you never know.

It is stupid, even if it was prevented accidentally, but a predictable consequence when you change APIs without any advance notice to 44000 3rd party developers.

@wowwwdude: Top two google hits might be helpful, at least for workarounds:

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