smitho
Likes Bikes and Dirt
Just logged into Trailforks and discovered it’s now behind a paywall (except for a small square around your home).
At the risk of starting another paid Strava bin fire it does seem a bit unreasonable and disingenuous to me.
Getting riding of formerly free features and making you pay for is probably not the most well thought out business plan and will always sting customers a bit, but Strava I understand. Ultimately it’s a business that needs to make money.
Trailforks on the other hand is a database that has been built upon user data and contributions on the premise that it was (quoting their website before they removed it) “FREE! We will never charge for the access to the trail data on this website”.
For Aussies living in metropolitan areas the free area is pretty useless given the distances between trails.
It’s only a few dollars, and nothing outrageous but just seems to have capitalised on something they got for free in good faith.
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At the risk of starting another paid Strava bin fire it does seem a bit unreasonable and disingenuous to me.
Getting riding of formerly free features and making you pay for is probably not the most well thought out business plan and will always sting customers a bit, but Strava I understand. Ultimately it’s a business that needs to make money.
Trailforks on the other hand is a database that has been built upon user data and contributions on the premise that it was (quoting their website before they removed it) “FREE! We will never charge for the access to the trail data on this website”.
For Aussies living in metropolitan areas the free area is pretty useless given the distances between trails.
It’s only a few dollars, and nothing outrageous but just seems to have capitalised on something they got for free in good faith.
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