Thread: Strava Changes
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Old 05-19-20 | 07:09 AM
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drewguy
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Originally Posted by cthenn
The part that pisses me off the most is taking away "training log" and "my results" as it relates to a segment. That is MY data. MINE. I don't see how they can hide your own uploaded ride data in the training log from you. I do want to wait and see how this plays out, because, as is typical with Strava, it's very confusing about "Training log". On the app, if you go to your profile and tap on the "training" button at the bottom, it is, and has been a paid feature. I don't have any clue what is contained in that, but if you go down to "Training log" you can see all of your past rides. It makes zero sense to keep your own previous ride data from you, there would be no reason to ever upload ride data, or even use the free version at all. Because once it's uploaded, you can't ever see it again in your training log? That makes zero sense, so I have to see how that works in reality. The other thing that annoys me is not being able to see "my results". Again, all that is is a sorted rank of your OWN rides! It has nothing to do with "playing Strava" trying to capture some pointless KOM. The only thing I use Strava for is these two specific features. To log my rides, see the cumulative miles and elevation gain over a week, the month, year, and so on. And then being able to compare a segment effort to my own previous efforts. This all seems to fall under the realm of looking at my own data, and if you can't even do that, it's utterly pointless to continue using. I don't see how anyone would want to use the free version, if your rides disappear once you upload them, never to be seen again. I must be missing something.
It's your data, but its their display of it. They're not preventing you from looking at your data - you can go into each activity. What they're charging you for is their organization and presentation of it to you in a useful way.

I'm not pleased to now be asked to pay $60/year for something that was free, but that annoyance isn't because they're claiming "my data" - I have it all on Strava and, now, downloaded to archive, as well as a lot of it on either Garmin or Wahoo where it was recorded.
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