Strava have just removed a whopping 2.3 million activities from the regular leaderboards, with their “AI” detecting the rides as being completed on an eBike but uploaded as a proper bike ride. According to the PR team at Strava, they analysed the top 100 results on EVERY SINGLE SEGMENT! Their algorithm flagged or removed any…
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Strava Premium: Do you subscribe?
Although I was not an “early-adopter” of Strava, I’ve been an annual Premium subscriber for a number of years, mostly letting it roll over each year without a second thought. The price of Premium went up again this year. My subscription renewed at their increased price of $99/year (up from $82). That’s not exactly a piggy bank breaking amount of money compared to some of the stuff we spend on cycling related purchases, but exactly what additional featured am I actually paying for? What does that hundred dollar bill get me?