Originally Posted by
WorldIRC
I'm mixed on this. Strava is certainly a "luxury" application, in the sense that it is not food, water, shelter, utilities, or telecom. As well, the functionality that has been "promoted" to premium is not really something critical to the nature of today's world.
That being said, you're right, the structure change could have waited and Strava could have just positioned it accordingly.
I have a feeling Strava was planning this for awhile. I don't blame them, and $5 a month is really not very much. Maybe they needed to do this to save their business? Plus, if you can't pay right now, wait. You don't NEED the features of Strava. The free version still serves a purpose.