Not only have the links been blocked from bios and descriptions but it appears descriptions in the app have a limited character/line number too. I suppose all that text has a high byte count which the server can't deal with. Better add some more photos then... 🤷

Thanks for the timely review of Strava’s changes to the handling of our data. One likely reason that is prompting Strava to enact those absurd policies has to do with the “data mining” that is pervading just about every segment of industry to get aboard the Artificial Intelligence train, including Strava (see Strava’s push for users to use Strava’s “Athlete Intelligence”feature to analyze our performance). Absolute Bull. There is no altruistic effort on the part of Strava to protect us the users from getting our data used and abused by others (through their apps linked to Strava). The only entity Strava wants to protect is itself as they want to be the only one benefitting from harvesting and ripping off our data to train their Strava’s AI bots and thus hope to stay ahead by selling our AI generated analytics (real or hallucinatory) to interested clients for all the data is worth. We the Strava users are just the data-collecting pig farm.

I don't like Strava and don't use them. Waste of time and money as far as I'm concerned.

Nice to see that you did your testing on Gran Canaria - next door, so to speak, to where I am now (Tenerife, north end). Good thing that you did NOT include the Magene C506 bike computer in your testing: It would not have worked, as the company has NOT included maps for the Canary Islands in the map for Spain - or anywhere else! I got an email from them, confirming exactly that. There went my plan to use it for navigation. Damn.

Wow, as just a mediocre sportive rider who doesn't have a coach and doesn't race, and started using Strava just because everyone else uses it and it's like the Facebook of the cycling/running, this doesn't affect me very much but this is still a really sh*tty move by them and I'm now glad I've never used their paid service and now I never will - so yup, great business decision Strava.

The worst type of companies are thebones who turn against their customers.

If they release a v2 which allows the front to be kickr climb compatible, I'm in. Without it... not so much. Other nice improvements would be the paw style crank but I can work just fine with 170mm. A somewhat quieter chain tensioner would be nice. That plastic thing seems to create some ressonance.

I don't think the AI restriction is quite what you say. It says fairly clearly to me, that it cannot "use the Strava API Materials ... for any *model training* related to ...", so it isn't any anything related to AI or machine learning, it's specifically model training, which I think is not unreasonable to restrict. In theory, simply using an existing AI model to analyze the data should be fine. It really is the third term which is insane....it prohibits literally everything. It's a crazy idiotic lawyer written restriction.

It’s like 200 now cause it’s not brand new, if anyone is still here can they tell me if this is still worth it cause I can’t afford a brand new model

Just a thought. I personally think they are leaving the door wide open for another industry player to take another shot at stealing their market share. I know about 10k athletes. I only know one who recorded directly into Strava. For me, and maybe 9k others, Strava is a social media company. Apparently Strava wants to test and see how much value that really has to people ...

Next video top five Strava alternatives, honestly Garmin platform isn’t bad.

So basically Strava admits that it is just good for showing off.

We need a blue sky of Strava open data social media platform. This just created a huge opportunity for other companies to jump in. Such a fail. I can only say Strava has momentum and it part of peoples lives which makes it sticky, but believe me there is now a huge opportunity.

Giving tech companies 30 days to scramble is insane..... wondering how many planned code freezes starting mid December just went out the window

great video man, things got a little sketch there towards the end but you pulled it off! Nice job.

As a woodworker that wants to start making videos both for KZbin and social media. What does camera be a good choice the price point seems amazing

I agree it's dumb and the wrong model if they want to be the peloton leader. However, it won't affect me. I push my workouts to Strava (and other apps) from HealthFit. For me Strava is one of the many destinations, not the distributor, of my information.

Just cancelled Strava. Dont know how many years I've been a paid subscriber (10+ at least) but no more.

Garmin, wahoo, and SRAM should boycott their api’s - Strava will be out of business in a few weeks…How arrogant!

I Already stopped paying them after some of the earlier changes. I'll probably stop using it completely at this point.

Where does this leave users of apps live veloviewer pro? We help a pro team as zone hoppers in the Spring classics and sometimes at the tour and utilise veloviewer? Is this gonna be possible anymore?

This looks great, but fundamentally missing an RJ45 Ethernet port 😞

The idea of paying for my information is ludicrous. So I don't use it. They are now just stopping the flow of your information that you said was ok. Maybe Garmin can figure out how to upload directly to others sites directly and skip Strava. People might buy more Garmin products

Does it have like a button that allows me to wipe the SD card in case the cops are suddenly tipping on my shoulder?

Twitter and Reddit API shenanigans all over again.

Great video! Cant wait to try all of these features! Question. What is the software for a phone and windows PC? Does the firmware update require a USB cable or is it just a download? Thanks!

Yet another moron CEO in love with meaningless monologues while destroying company not putting customer first. Deleted account after 10 years

If tralforks was better and had more users I would never use Strava

My guess is they want to provide what the apps they are screwing provide. Like the whole AI thing they are doing, if you’re using that data and taking it to another AI, you won’t use theirs.

Thank you for this video. I used it as an opportunity of reexamining whether I need my premium Strava subscription. Turns out I don't. I might have left it be even though I don't need/use the premium features - simply as a way of supporting a useful service, but given this video - nah.

What is samsung thinking making that ugly apple watch ultra dupe? they should've just made a rugged version of the galaxy watch 7 pro. they're so st

i was so happy to switch to garmin and care less about strava

Stopped my sub 2 years ago. They havent done anything I have seen positive to make me to consider coming back. The stupid AI stuff and now breaking other apps. meh.. I probably should disconnect my garmin from it and move on. I dont edit my rides anymore on there and they are all set to default of private.

Amazing that so many people didn't mind all of the fucked up stuff that Strava has been doing in the past 5 years. I have refused to ever pay for Strava since I started cycling in 2020 because I didn't agree with their shitty business practices.

This makes me wish Endomondo was still a thing. I was using that back in 2010 until they sold to underarmor. It's crazy how many things were better in tech 10-15 years ago. I remember paying $1.99 for a game on my phone and be entertained for weeks or months without paying another penny. Now I don't even bother with mobile games at all.

Is the vivoactive 5 equipped with a race predictor? I've been looking for it but can't seem to find that feature.

If you're not disrupting, then you're just standing still, on top of fat stacks of cash from your loyal subscribers. This is unacceptable to their VC funders.

Honestly, I never heard of any of these 3rd parties, I must not be that much of a fitness nerd, I’m just an avid runner, skier, mountain biker with a 5 year daily Strava streak. That said, this is terrible for the users, market, and 3rd parties… I can’t imaging the pain of seeing your hard built business going poof with Strava whims!

Strava only disallows data downloads, not uploads. So Garmin Connect will continue to upload the data, and many people will be OK with that. What will stop working is third-party apps downloading data. This can be a good thing because Strava cannot control what these apps download, and to do so is a considerable investment. It is ok for such third-party apps to download the training data of some person who authorized this app to do so, but most probably, these apps need way more real data to train their models, so they download random users' data. I'm not okay with uploading my data to Strava to train AI.

What on earth am I paying for then? 😂😂

Great. Another company making their product worse, perhaps not coincidentally while forcing some stupid AI offering on their users.

Another example of: Never trust companies. Even if they do the "friendly sporty" vibe.

Cancelled my subscription, this is ridiculous. It's my data and I decide if I want to share it with third-party apps. Not even sure if their changes are legal in the EU.

I use ProBikeGarage to track the mileage of bikes and components, time to service, etc. Would that be affected?

Strava elevation is a load of crap. Have you ever looked at the elevation on your Garmin, Wahoo or whatever before you uploaded it to Strava? Take a look. I use a Wahoo Elmnt and the elevation can be more than 50% different. I have done relatively flat rides sometimes and Wahoo gives me a realistic elevation. Strava is way out.

It sounds like Strava is looking to expand. Once the 3rd party apps gives up, they are up for graps for a great price.

DJI Neo has issue. Just got mine on 6 Nov 2024 and on 2nd day it shows "Downward vision sensor error" Contact DJI service center, Just tell me it's irrepairable due to mainboard problem and no replacement. 😢Really disappointed with DJI. So do I just need to scrap a brand new drone 😡

Someone in Calgary made a webpage where you could track how many of the over a thousand km of bike pathway you've covered. It would even show on a map which ones you haven't been on yet. This was something free that someone did in their free time, it's one of the reasons I got a Strava subscription. If that data isn't shareable anymore then Strava isn't better than any other app. I'll cancel my subscription if that's the case

Left Strava 2 years a go because the are racist and exclude people from certain locations

Watch 7 can't follow routes?