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As the other person said, all that you're doing can still be done by these watches if people want to. On your system though: what happens if your computer cras
by SCdF 6y ago
As the other person said, all that you're doing can still be done by these watches if people want to.
On your system though: what happens if your computer crashes, gets a virus or you otherwise lose the data? You should probably have a backup system right? Now you're adding more steps, and either doing a reasonable complicated 321 setup manually, or back to involving the cloud.
I'm not saying what you're doing is bad, but dismissing easy to use cloud systems is just silly. Ironically I push my runs to the cloud (or clouds, as I go watch -> garmin -> strava) because it's an offsite backup that I don't have to manage. I also then export strava data and re-back it up myself, but I'm a tech nerd so that's just icing.
You're also side stepping any social features. I know people who are very encouraged to exercise because they see their friends doing it, or because they get kudos / likes and praise when they post their workouts. This may not be important to you but for many people it is.
- DebtDeflation 6y ago>I'm not saying what you're doing is bad, but dismissing easy to use cloud systems is just silly I think what people are really trying to say is that the Connect app should have some sort of "Store my previous n number of Activities locally on my phone for offline viewing" option. These files are typically just a few MB and my Android phone has like 4X as much storage capacity as my Fenix watch. As it stands, I can't even execute a sync between my watch and my phone right now because their cloud is down and that's just ridiculous.
- SCdF 6y agoI definitely agree with this, and I also agree with others who say that Garmin's software is generally the weakest part of their offering
- walrus01 6y agoWhy a cloud based service failure should be a barrier to transferring files by Bluetooth or wifi between two devices in the same room is absolutely ridiculous.
- oldsklgdfth 6y agoThis always bothered me about the Connect app. The watch has every run from the past 2 years on it. I want that information on my phone as well.
- maxerickson 6y agoIt'd be nice if they did both. Have an easy to use experience and also a simple path to data access. (Like the device could share the data over Wifi/Bluetooth)