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GoatandTricycle
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There are signs that their code is probably a nightmare to maintain or add features to.
Occasionally I record a cycle commute as a run (either through rushing to get my watch started or just general brain fade). When I go to upload it to Strava I can change the activity type from "Run" to "Ride" before clicking the Save button, but Strava has already started to process it as a run as soon as it was uploaded.
I immediately get emails/notifications to say I've completed the monthly 10k running challenge, set various new PBs and segment records, etc. These slowly get cleared up but I bet it is the cause of so many false positives that people have about losing KOMs/etc.
They've known about this problem for years (the issue is somewhere on their public bug tracking system) but they've never done anything about it. More than likely it would require a considerable architectural change that is just too much work for them.
I only use Strava as a tracker and I'll never pay for it because it doesn't do anywhere near everything I want. What I really want is a combination of features from Strava, Garmin Connect, Runalyze, VeloViewer, Golden Cheetah, Training Peaks, and something that does proper swimming analysis (haven't found anything that does yet). Luckily I can code something to do everything I want and so I'm slowly doing this in the Copious-Free-Time(TM) I don't have.