Originally Posted by
njkayaker
Your comments about this are based on a lack of experience and are suggesting it’s the users that find these features useful that are the problem.
The fact that you don’t use a feature doesn’t mean it isn’t useful to other people.
It’s not like having the feature you don’t use limits you.
If you create route files on your PC (like some people do), why would you want to be forced to use an external website or wireless transfers when you don’t need to? What if you don’t have WiFi or internet access?
Some people use non-Garmin maps (which you can’t install via Express).
These are such niche reasons it does not apply to a vast majority of users. I’ve never heard of anyone using the screenshot feature or understand why they would. Since the 1040 series and the 1050. Come with lifetime free upgradable world maps again it’s an extreme niche use case to upload non-Garmin maps. Lastly, this is mainly an issue created by Mac operating systems not Garmin screwing their customers. If flexibility is your goal chances are slim you are using Mac based system anyways.
Regarding the lack of experience comment, I’ve been using Garmin edge bike computers for over 15 years and remember the constant connectivity issues using USB cables.