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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Ulrich@feddit.org to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

Strava is an absolute nightmare to use. My feed is absolutely chock full of ads and dog-walkers. Don't get me wrong, I'm very happy they're taking a 0.2 mile walk around their block and logging their progress, but I don't need to see it. Nike, TrainerRoad, Zwift, Peloton all have giant ads every time their users upload an activity. And I don't understand it because it's not an ad-supported network. Like I would happily pay to have all this shit hidden. It would be extremely simple for Strava to fix this, which would just be to provide me with a simple filter for what type of activities I'd like to see. The fact that they haven't done so, a long time ago, leads me to believe that they simply don't want to, for whatever reason. Plus they've already begun to enshittify by breaking integrations with third parties.

Are there any good options for this?

E: to be clear, I'm asking about the social aspect of Strava.

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[-] Psythik@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I simply use the fitness-tracking features that came with my watch. They're more than adequate, and the close integration with the watch means that I don't even have to do anything. I just live my life and check the stats later. Modern smartwatches are good like that.

this post was submitted on 20 Apr 2025
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