[KennyBlanken]

Garmin has nothing on Strava. If you integrate with Strava and the user revokes the link, you have to delete all the data that came from Strava or you risk losing access to the API.

> I don't know why they lock down their stuff so hard like this.

Same reason every other company locks down your data. You are the product and they want to keep you locked in, feeding them data.

They can't have you running off with all your data when a new device comes out from a competitor that is better; that would force them to compete more!

Garmin has a long history of being lazy as fuck unless someone's actually competing against them. The smartwatch market heated up and lo and behold features and better models coming out left and right. Their bike computers would go years between refreshes..until Wahoo, Bryton, Coros, and Hammerhead started beating on their door.

Strava is much the same way. They were pretty free with access in and out, and tightened things down making it nearly impossible to export data.

[zimpenfish]

> If you integrate with Strava and the user revokes the link, you have to delete all the data that came from Strava or you risk losing access to the API.

That seems fair - the user has withdrawn their permission for processing their data or invoked "right to be forgotten", no?

[kawsper]

Strava also imposes limits on app developers, it doesn't matter if you have 1 user or 1 million users, and it was quite hard to get the limits increased.

You'd think they would allow a popular app that their customers likes to use could have higher limits.

CityStrides were battling with it a lot, but it looks like it was resolved, finally: https://community.citystrides.com/t/increase-strava-api-limi...

[HeatrayEnjoyer]

Isn't that just following the law? User revoked their consent for you to have their data.

[foobarian]

> Garmin has a long history of being lazy as fuck unless someone's actually competing against them

Heh, isn't that pretty much every company in the history of capitalism?