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Strava is being massively greedy here without showing innovation over the last years.

Worse the app is still plagued with import issues and inaccuracies such as the famous Strava tax where it always rounds down distances so people stop for instance a race when their running watch shows a 10.0 km run only to find out that it was just 9.995 km and Strava shows it as 9.99 km.

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Somewhat small complaint, but this bit me. Did a half marathon and got a PR, stopped when my watch hit 13.1. Strava didn’t record this as a HM because it had the mileage at 13.09 or something. Very annoying and still irks me.

Hah - I did a Strava challenge once where that happened on a 102 mile ride.

I always ride a little extra now.

My first organized marathon I kept running after the finish line, through the crowd of stopped runners, until my watch hit 26.3mi just so I could be certain It'd show up as a PR in Strava/Garmin.

Garmin rounds up so it’s not an issue there in my experience.

They also take the actual activity time if GPS has overcounted, unlike Strava.

> when their running watch shows a 10.0 km run only to find out that it was just 9.995 km and Strava shows it as 9.99 km.

That is a 10 meter difference between what Strava and the running watch report. That does not sound that atrocious?

Definitely not. Everyone knows these things are super accurate, considering that it's pretty darn good.

I think the point is that effort is not tracked as a 10k, so you don't see that in your PR history, etc. Plus it is just annoying to do something big for yourself and have a tool publicly shortchange you.

Is Strava really being greedy here? Last year at this time, software developers were jumping ship in every company to get huge raises at other companies. Salaries went through the roof. Now many tech companies are laying folks off.

What other options are there when you staff demands huge raises or leaves for greener pastures?

They don't need to show innovation when the product is complete. Twitter with the new innovative "For You" tab is much worse than when it was coasting with nothing new. Same with electron 1Password 8.

electron 1password 8 would be ok. if it worked as before or better, I mean enthusiast would've cared, but most people not. I mean they did not have a linux app before which they now have. but what is so stupid about 1password 8 is the new search, its just stupid.

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