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I am really starting to hate all the cloud stuff. Wherever you put your data there is a very good chance you will lose that in a few years. For my hikes I now s

I am really starting to hate all the cloud stuff. Wherever you put your data there is a very good chance you will lose that in a few years. For my hikes I now store GPX files locally and I will do that with FiT files too.

nraynaud 7y ago
And it’s always the story of the little guy creating his company amongst the big bullies and becoming the bully as soon as they gain size.
siddharthdeswal 7y ago
Agreed, most "cloud" software slowly try to lock you in, only to lose it in a few years when they get sold, or shut shop, or don't get the next round of funding. It's a pain, and I now wish we just have internet connected hard drives where we can save whatever we want.
- Ididntdothis 7y ago
  “internet connected hard drives where we can save whatever we want.” That’s how it should be. You have your data under your control and give companies access which you then can revoke whenever you wish.
d1zzy 7y ago
I keep all my .fit files uploaded to Google Drive. So I do use the cloud stuff but it seems unlikely (barring a disaster) that it'll go away anytime soon. If it does I can simply upload them to another cloud file storage service. When I joined Strava (8 years ago... wow time moves fast) I immediately realized it's not the best place to use as main storage of your fitness activities. Not just because it might just "go away" at any time (and back then they didn't have any clear monetization plan, not that it's much better now) but because it didn't seem to provide a mechanism to bulk upload/download the original .fit files. You uploaded a .fit file but then downloaded some other format (.gpx I believe?). That made it clear it's not a good place for archiving/storage. Since .fit files are really small, even using something like Google Drive's 5GB free tier should be plenty for many years of fitness activity storage.

nraynaud 7y ago

And it’s always the story of the little guy creating his company amongst the big bullies and becoming the bully as soon as they gain size.

siddharthdeswal 7y ago

Agreed, most "cloud" software slowly try to lock you in, only to lose it in a few years when they get sold, or shut shop, or don't get the next round of funding. It's a pain, and I now wish we just have internet connected hard drives where we can save whatever we want.

Ididntdothis 7y ago
“internet connected hard drives where we can save whatever we want.” That’s how it should be. You have your data under your control and give companies access which you then can revoke whenever you wish.

d1zzy 7y ago

I keep all my .fit files uploaded to Google Drive. So I do use the cloud stuff but it seems unlikely (barring a disaster) that it'll go away anytime soon. If it does I can simply upload them to another cloud file storage service. When I joined Strava (8 years ago... wow time moves fast) I immediately realized it's not the best place to use as main storage of your fitness activities. Not just because it might just "go away" at any time (and back then they didn't have any clear monetization plan, not that it's much better now) but because it didn't seem to provide a mechanism to bulk upload/download the original .fit files. You uploaded a .fit file but then downloaded some other format (.gpx I believe?). That made it clear it's not a good place for archiving/storage. Since .fit files are really small, even using something like Google Drive's 5GB free tier should be plenty for many years of fitness activity storage.