Major Strava Update That Affects Strava2Hive

Ealier this week I received an email from Strava advising more changes to the use of there API and knew this was coming as I needed to re apply for access about 12 months ago, to make sure I still could continue to access user data.

After I received that email, I received a further email letting me know that I was "using a 3rd party platforms that are now banned from accessing the strava API".

Looking a little further into the new terms of use, I found that:
"Platforms that rely on sharing your personal workout data with the public/coaches or those that use the API to train artificial intelligence models are blocked from functioning."

From my understanding, the @strava2hive service takes "personal workout data" from a user, and shares it publically on the Hive platform, which could then be used to train AI models.

It's a little annoying and have been told by Strava that I have until September to resolve the situation. I'm currently struggling to think of a way to resolve this though. Using Strava was easy. So many fitness trackers and smart watches connect automatically with Strava, and the @strava2hive service was able to easily allow users to add a description and have there activity transfered into Hive as a nicely formated post. Services like this are bringing more paid users to Strava as well, which is even more annoying.

Thinking out aloud there are a couple of options to take:

• Removing public posting is not a viable option, as posting to Hive is how the rewards are generated and provide extra incentive to users.
• Set up a service to now use a different sports tracker...There is intervals.icu that look pretty good and the API's are similar to Strava's, and users can simply use the application the same as they did on Strava to post to Hive.
• I could also set up a new site where users submit a ".fit" or ".gpx" file similar to the old XHAUST platform. I'm not sure how difficult this is for users and if they would prefer this option.
• Some other option...Looking for suggestions?

Either way, any changes would mean having users to possibly install new apps, reregister, and even learn a new method of posting there activity.

Pretty keen to hear what people think and if they have any suggestions. With the way AI is at the moment, it is a lot easier to get the code done and working, so setting up something new is not a major issue, it is just making sure it is what people want?

Regards Vince
​