Am probably going to delete my Strava account anyway, because of reasons 8, 9, 11 , and 14 in the following
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Veloviwer: Difficult explorer squares
(190 posts)- Started 5 years ago by stiltskin
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Posted 4 months ago #
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Given how much data Strava have, both individually and collectively, they make a pretty p*ss poor job of analysing and presenting it back to an interested user. And for a rapidly escalating price.
Veloviewer OTOH, does an excellent job for a very reasonable price. I’d quite happily pay VV what I pay Strava and ditch Strava’s proto-Muskian nonsense.
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Why should other users be able to see my Strava data through other apps without my consent...
@neddie, they shouldn't. However if I give them permission then they should be able to do whatever I let them with it. Under the new rules they wouldn't even be allowed to show the data to my coach (if I had one).
@murrun. I agree. At this point strava is merely serving as a conduit to get data to other sites.
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@acsimpson A lot of the problems with consent stem from the fact the apps are permissive by default, and permission is assumed.
“Oh you can just switch this off later by doing x y z and these complicated instructions”, is not consent
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A bicycle does not surveil you (on its own). Vanmoof possibly excepted.
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Fully agree with Murun that VV gives outstanding value for money and if I could find a way to populated it without needing Strava would drop my Strava subscription in a flash. Ben Lowe engages with his users so well, and listens as much to the tiler paying £10 as the pro teams.
Strava has too many patronising AI notifications that I can't turn off. I've no interest in people's indoor activities and would happily turn those off if I could.
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Back to difficult tiles, currently trying to time my availability to match non firing times at Barry Buddon near Carniustie. This game is about patience!
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That sounds familiar. I've got some tidal squares who seem to have very different schedules to me.
Curiously I have the non coastal squares at Barry Buddon. But they date from the commonwealth games, several years before I started to target squares.
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I took advantage of the spring tides to pick up 5 new tiles West of Aberlady, starting at Longniddry Bents and heading out to explore the sands, got wet up to knees. Also bagged the tile in Gosford House, lovely ox bow ponds, and discovered the farm shop there.A productive morning.
Posted 3 months ago #
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