Strava’s critical error is allowing users to sign up and sync devices and providers for free. They should charge $1/month for each synced device beyond the fir

Strava’s critical error is allowing users to sign up and sync devices and providers for free. They should charge $1/month for each synced device beyond the first and for each connected third-party tool including the first, and offer monthly data exports for free. That way they get paid for maintaining your data connections, they only charge average users $0/mo, people using them as an M-device, N-way sync provider pay a reasonable fee of $M+N/mo for the hard work required to upkeep that, and if you just want to backup your data you can export it every month at no charge. As a bonus, this would let them split the third-party linking fee 50/50 with each third party, so that the ecosystem can grow in a healthy and funded manner rather than decaying from refusal to charge - while still prioritizing their own on-site solutions for those who are satisfied with them.