[heynk]

As a non-paying user, this seems to be mostly fair. I used to do pretty remote trail running, and the route building feature was great for putting together a route and exporting it to my watch. If I get back into that type of running, then I'd probably be willing to pay just for that feature.

Hiding the "friends only" leaderboard seems like a bad idea on their part. That feature definitely drove engagement and friendly rivalries. It's not the same if it's only amongst your paid subscriber friends, which is not many.

I appreciate them doing more to get users to pay. I've never paid for Strava, despite having been a very active user in the past. I generally like them as a network, and wouldn't want them to go away.

The immediately breaking API changes are pretty bad. I wonder what the impetus was behind that move. Too complicated to have it act as a transition? Maybe they could have announced these changes, but have them start in 30 days, with a small discount for users if you subscribe before then.

[gregoryl]

The route builder has improved a great deal in recent times; they leverage the data they have to pick common routes for runners/riders. Have discovered several interesting places to run locally that I wasn't aware of, and its also fantastic for planning a commute (i.e. bike riders tend to on aggregate, avoid dangerous/unfriendly routes, so the planner ends up doing so as well).

[coronadisaster]

Why don't you use something like gpx logger ?