Personally, I see Strava’s actions as positive at least. Cheaters will always find a way to cheat. It’d be nice if they could find a way to ban those people/accounts, and keep them banned by not allowing “burner” accounts from the same phone number/IP address after the initial account has been eliminated. Maybe they are doing that. But the OP article didn’t say if they are. But, like others have said above…I don’t really use Strava for the KOMs. And the only time I’ve had any KOMs is on segments that I created. Not for getting the KOM, but just because I think the segment is particularly interesting, and it didn’t exist previously. And usually in short order…someone else gets the KOM from me. (Although there was one that I held for about a year, but I was the only person to ride it.) I’ve heard Strava described as “A Facebook for athletes.” That…connecting and keeping up with friends, and just knowing the minimal stats (miles, speed, route, elevation, etc.) of the free subscription is all I want. I’ve often wondered about getting a paid subscription. But as a rider who really only competes with myself…I just don’t think I’d find the value in a paid subscription. — Dan