Originally Posted by
Barry2
As of December 2023 Strava has a new CEO (Michael Martin). I so hope he does something to monetize the Free users and stops the milking of those that pay for the product.
Barry
Originally Posted by
One Wheel
Non-paying users add value to the product. There are other options that I don't use, simply because there aren't as many people to compare to. As a non-paying user I miss out on some features, and that is reasonable. I just checked the segments that I have KOMs on, and, not counting the one that only has 3 people recorded as completing the segment, only 17 out of 40 users in the top 10 are premium users (some overlap between segments, obviously). I'm not mooching, I'm contributing to critical mass.
You both have good points.
My hope is that they continue a free version, but allow an ad-free “basic” subscription for $25/year (like BikeForums!) and maybe drop the premium subscription rate to something like $50-75/yr.
I think that might work for everyone. But I am not in charge, so we must stand by and wait.