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Re: Under Armour dumped an app

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Post by rconti »

tlbsofware wrote: post #12
passive wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, I was worried there for a moment, because MFP is a pretty great app for tracking what you eat, among other things.

Same here, I was about to spend all weekend scrapping their data to rebuild it if they were just going to shut it off. It’s definitely the top calorie tracker out there right now

Yup, using MFP is one of the best changes I've ever made in my life.

(not to say I couldn't do the same with another product, but it happens to be the one i use)

Re: Under Armour dumped an app

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Post by artichikin »

hurricanesugar wrote: post #21
SQueeeeeL wrote: post #4

What a disingenuous title, they're killing some small app, not MFP which is the one people commonly use

Agreed, although the idea of MyFitnessPal being killed for a moment activated my long-held desire to build an alternative. MFP is bloated, locked down (without a premium subscription) and the UX lacks thoughtfulness in many painful ways (two examples: navigating between diary dates and viewing macronutrients per meal).

There are lots of good alternatives. I've been bootstrapping my alternative tracker since 2011. Started as a hobby project back then but now at $2M ARR and growing.

Re: Under Armour dumped an app

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Post by sbarre »

kjakm wrote: post #14

I really don't understand why they can't just stop selling the hardware but continue supporting the app and introduce a way to move data from it to one of their other products. They're a big enough company they can shoulder the cost of this. In fact - it should be considered an investment in not losing future business. Failing to do it just shows disdain for their customers.

I'll never understand why they won't invest even a small amount to provide basic data export (make it a CSV!) of whatever customer data they have.

Most people won't use it, but for those who want it, they can have it..

Someone should start a "service shutdown customer data export as service" business.. :-)

Re: Under Armour dumped an app

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Post by rconti »

chrisBob wrote: post #22
techwizrd wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think this statement is true: > Good running shoes are not vought from any of these brands The Nike Vaporfly has made numerous headlines[0] for "technology doping" because runners are using it to win marathons. From the recent NYC marathon, Nike and Adidas dominated in comparison to other shoe brands[1]: > Of the total 36 podium finishers, 25 were wearing Nike shoes > Of the 12 winners, 8 were wearing Nike sh…

Shoes of the winning marathoners tells you what brand is sponsoring the runners. The sponsorship has a tremendous impact on who wins major races. The shoes don't have that much of an impact.

Wrong. Nikes have been a straight up sensation the past couple of years, and in particular the past 6 months.

Go to any race. The field is STACKED with people running vaporflys. I see it at our running club. People are suddenly paying their own money to buy the same Nike shoe, when in the past people used kind of whatever they preferred.

Tune in to the olympic marathon trials February 29. I bet the vast majority of the field will be wearing the exact same shoe.

Re: Under Armour dumped an app

#35

Post by nradov »

762236 wrote: post #29
nradov wrote: post #24

It's just really tough to compete in the fitness tech market. The total addressable market size isn't huge. And over the last few years Garmin has thrown tremendous resources into it and launched so many new products that smaller competitors were squeezed out. Wahoo, Suunto, Coros, and Polar are still hanging on with small market shares in devices and Strava may survive as an independent app. Nike tried and gave up.…

It is tough. One of the nice things about the Garmin universe is that they have a foundation of open standards that help with interoperability and forward continuity if parts of that universe close. The FIT file format is open. The ANT+ protocol is open I believe, but devices can also use BLE which is open. If I preserve all of my FIT files, and Strava decided to close down, I could upload them all to Training Peaks…

The ANT+ protocol and FIT file format are sort of open. They are well documented and available to everyone. Multiple independent companies do contribute. But ultimately they are controlled by Garmin; they aren't true open standards like WiFi, TCP/IP, or HTML.

https://www.thisisant.com/

Re: Under Armour dumped an app

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Post by prostheticvamp »

Topgamer7 wrote: post #28
hurricanesugar wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed, although the idea of MyFitnessPal being killed for a moment activated my long-held desire to build an alternative. MFP is bloated, locked down (without a premium subscription) and the UX lacks thoughtfulness in many painful ways (two examples: navigating between diary dates and viewing macronutrients per meal).

I know there are at least 2 popular alternatives. My only real complaint of MFP is it takes like a full minute to start up. Don't know if its because I run adblock on my phone, and they have a long timeout to some metrics endpoint. But its a minor annoyance.

I found it a significant enough annoyance to switch to a competitor. Getting into food logging requires low friction.

Re: Under Armour dumped an app

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Post by Spivak »

Topgamer7 wrote: post #28
hurricanesugar wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed, although the idea of MyFitnessPal being killed for a moment activated my long-held desire to build an alternative. MFP is bloated, locked down (without a premium subscription) and the UX lacks thoughtfulness in many painful ways (two examples: navigating between diary dates and viewing macronutrients per meal).

I know there are at least 2 popular alternatives. My only real complaint of MFP is it takes like a full minute to start up. Don't know if its because I run adblock on my phone, and they have a long timeout to some metrics endpoint. But its a minor annoyance.

I feel like $45/yr is basically nothing for an app I use constantly every day. Do those minutes not add up for you?

Re: Under Armour dumped an app

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Post by wmeredith »

_jal wrote: post #19
sputknick wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

not a crazy prediction. My prediction: Amazon. I have a few pairs of their branded shoes. Simple, cheap, effective. People will eventually realize the newest neat-o feature in the latest shoes are not that big a deal.

> People will eventually realize the newest neat-o feature in the latest shoes are not that big a deal. Absolutely. Any day now, humans will lose their taste for novelty and fashion. Invest in burlap!

People do this all the time. It's called your forties and it's when marketers stop caring about you.

Re: Under Armour dumped an app

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Post by wmeredith »

chrisBob wrote: post #22
techwizrd wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think this statement is true: > Good running shoes are not vought from any of these brands The Nike Vaporfly has made numerous headlines[0] for "technology doping" because runners are using it to win marathons. From the recent NYC marathon, Nike and Adidas dominated in comparison to other shoe brands[1]: > Of the total 36 podium finishers, 25 were wearing Nike shoes > Of the 12 winners, 8 were wearing Nike sh…

Shoes of the winning marathoners tells you what brand is sponsoring the runners. The sponsorship has a tremendous impact on who wins major races. The shoes don't have that much of an impact.

Read your parent commenter's linked articles. Your statement is demonstrably false.
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