Originally Posted by
Koyote
People don't 'throw money out the door.' People value things differently than you do -- perhaps because they ride for different reasons, enjoy having different pieces of data, have different budget constraints, etc.
I'm continually amazed when some anonymous person on the internet is arrogant enough to judge some other anonymous person's values and spending decisions.
I'm a user of Strava. Just not the paid version. I like it for keeping track of my yearly miles, miles on my bikes (for maintenance reasons), heart rate data and elevation data. Outside of that the premium features don't offer much that you can't get from Garmin Connect (FREE) or some other similar free app.
Instead of paying for an app once and being done with it (how things used to be) the developers have a found a way of scamming people into a subscription service (much like Cable TV or Satellite) and then every year or so they raise the price. App developers have discovered that subscriptions are much more profitable than one-time payments and they have discovered that many users are
stupid enough to pay for subscriptions despite the huge long-term costs. It’s all about greed.