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Title: Strava Closes the Gates To Sharing Fitness Data With Other Apps
Link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/11/20/21362...
The Verge's Richard Lawler reports: Strava recently informed its users and
partners that new terms for its API restrict the data that third-party apps
can show, refrain from replicating Strava's look, and place a ban on using
data "for any model training related to artificial intelligence, machine
learning or similar applications." The policy is effective as of November
11th, even though Strava's own post about the change is dated November 15th.
There are plenty of posts on social media complaining about the sudden shift,
but one place where dissent won't be tolerated is Strava's own forums. The
company says, "...posts requesting or attempting to have Strava revert
business decisions will not be permitted." Brian Bell, Strava's VP of
Communications and Social Impact, said in a statement: "We anticipate that
these changes will affect only a small fraction (less than .1 percent) of the
applications on the Strava platform -- the overwhelming majority of existing
use cases are still allowed, including coaching platforms focused on
providing feedback to users and tools that help users understand their data
and performance."
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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