Strava cuts off leaderboard for free users, reduces third party apps

Post by jhrmnn » Tue, May 19, 2020, 3:27 PM UTC

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At least Strava is reasonable about getting your own data out of it. Not sure if this applies just to EU users, but it's easy to download a full archive with the original uploaded gpx/fit files (whether they came from a manual upload or a 3rd party). Last time I checked (which wasn't too long after GDPR was introduced), Garmin didn't really support a bulk download of the raw data, and neither did Fitbit.

While not official, there is a script posted to the Garmin forums which allows for bulk download/export of FIT/TCX/etc data. https://forums.garmin.com/apps-software/mobile-apps-web/f/ga... Here's a version I've improved a little + adding export of "wellness" data. This thread was a good reminder to push my changes out to github. https://github.com/bbbbbr/garmin-connect-bulk-export Edit, add: Lastly, while the UI has…

Post by pedalpete » Tue, May 19, 2020, 10:44 PM UTC

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We speak to them a few times a year, it was just kinda mentioned that some changes were coming to leaderboards. We had been considering using some of the learderboard stuff, so it was fortunate for us that they mentioned it. I can answer this in two parts, as we are both consumers of the Strava API, as well as providing an API (of non-strava data) to other businesses. When using another API, you always have to be pre…

No, but it's not just falling over entirely that's the problem. APIs go down all the time so that's a case you'd hopefully handle gracefully. But when your project suddenly and silently produces an empty blank result, say. And you learn that's not some transient issue, that's how it is now. That's a huge breaking change for you. A non-breaking change, at least in the short-term, would be to continue providing the old…