Strava now seem to be charging, To compare past performances on segments or routes:
it was free!
At47.99 pa I think they are pitching too high. At £10 a year I think all would do it.
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Strava now seem to be charging, To compare past performances on segments or routes:
it was free!
At47.99 pa I think they are pitching too high. At £10 a year I think all would do it.
I think £47.99 per annum is good value. My Sky subscription is more than that per month and I get far more satisfaction and enjoyment out of Strava than I do Sky!
In fact, unless football takes this lockdown as an opportunity to sort itself out, which I doubt it will, I shall be not be renewing my agreement with Sky.
Really? I would have thought a rich landlord, entrepreneur, "fat cat" like yourself would consider £479.90 pa small change?Quote:
Originally Posted by Oracle
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I'm with you. I'd have paid a smaller fee from a few months in as I find it interesting, but not riveting enough to pay the extra.Quote:
Originally Posted by Oracle
I was adamant I was not going to pay for premium but there is quite a lot now missing from the free version that I find useful. The segment analysis, leader boards, GAP and comparing previous runs/rides over the same route have all gone to subscription only as has the route planner. I know £48 is a lot to stump up in one go but its only half the price of a decent pair of fell shoes and less than a pound a week so on that basis I'm going to pay. Have to agree that if they had made it more reasonable (or even allowed a monthly subscription at a lower rate), they would probably have had more take up.
If he actually is any of those things - he hides behind the cloak of anonymity. Not even alluding to his location with deft of hand reminiscent of M WakefieldQuote:
Originally Posted by Graham Breeze
Indeed. I can't be doing with all this anonymity.Quote:
Originally Posted by RichA
Even when I was forced to use a pseudonym so my private views were not understood to be official FRA policy I used lots of colons and semi-colons, etc so people knew it was really me.
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PS It is a true story that when Tony Varley was the FRA Treasurer he found someone paying their annual FRA subscription every month - presumably still thinking it was good value for money. Obviously not Oracle though.
I don’t think he will he outing himself anytime soon...
Idiosyncratic punctuation can be a straightforward way to identify someone. Mine would the overuse of hyphens.
Paying the FRA annual membership monthly are definitely the actions of a fat cat - though arguably still value for money 😊
I don’t mind the light version of Strava as it does what I want with the subscription version still being very reasonable
A pseudonym , as in one? Do you not splutter in your beer as you say it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Graham Breeze
Or is that waiting for the flying duck to re open? Or is it pigs not ducks that are flying! :-)
..or two...
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It's an interesting business model. Run a startup business cash -ve until you've got people so hooked on the product they think they can't live without it, then claw the losses back in a year by introducing subscriptions. So many people just won't be able to imagine their lives without Strava...and me? I'm reaping the rewards of living in the age of dial-up.
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Originally Posted by Oracle
Yep suprising how many people still think there is such a thing as a FREE LUNCH and then twine when they realise the truth. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by mr brightside
Interesting that I've used Facebook for around 14 years now and Twitter for approaching 7 and as yet no word of any subscription, so it isn't essential for a model and I wonder if Strava would be better placed trying to stay free to use as it has been, only charge for enhanced services and using it's database to sell.Quote:
Originally Posted by mr brightside
I can quite imagine in the UK a tie up with the likes of Wiggle, Decathlon, Go Outdoors.... might work.
I’ve just got my first ever smart watch (mainly for HR zones) I doubt I’ll sign up to strava though, I’ve always been a fan of the clunky geekiness of attackpoint. I know you can sync to that for a small charge
I must say, I have been reticent to sign up in the past as it seemed unnecessary. Then I noticed the gradual taking away of features I like and use.
last week I signed up to subscription and immediately have made use of one of its key features, Beacon. This has provided a sense of reassurance to my family when I set out for long rides before dawn. They (3 young children) like following me and checking where I am. It provides a comfort to my wife also.
I see it as fair play; I've used it for free for many years, so I'm paying for time already used as well as the present.
+1 for AP. $25 a year, run out of a blokes garage and no kudos at all!Quote:
Originally Posted by matthew
Maybe I am different, but I am more likely to sign up for a service that charges a "reasonable" monetary fee than one which doesn't directly charge me money but sells my data/information instead.
That said, I haven't signed up for Strava as it doesn't offer me anything I want which I can't do with my own offline tools.