Originally Posted by
datlas
Since it’s been free I understand some don’t want to pay.
Suppose Google decided to charge a small monthly fee of $5 for your searches and gmail. I guarantee people would be up in arms. Unhappiness comes from unmet expectations.
If Google decided to charge, I could make a reasoned decision as to whether the price being asked was worth the service being offered. There's certainly no reasonable reason to expect them to provide a service for free. As it happens, they get their revenue without charging for services, and that model has worked well for them. Time will tell if Strava's model works in the long run. I suspect their advertising revenue was coming up short, hence the fees for features.
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