And Strava is actually a social network. It's not only your own runs. You see your friends running and which runs they made. It must be a privacy (and security? You're specifically telling people "hey, I'm not home right now and I'm not back before N minutes" [edit: apparently not quite true, see comments below]) nightmare.
And it's prone to the network effect, because now, people expect and want to see what their friends are up to and motivate each others.
During a job interview, I was once asked "oh, but you don't actually run too much, right?" (I had this in my resume). Which was somewhat right, I only occasionally run. I asked why they assumed this. "You are not on Strava!"
Ah, yes, but for different reasons xD.
I have played with the ForRunners app on F-Droid in the past to track my runs locally. I liked it, but I'm not disciplined enough for this stuff, and don't even have a smartphone usable for this anymore. So now, I just run without knowing anything and that's fine.
And it's prone to the network effect, because now, people expect and want to see what their friends are up to and motivate each others.
During a job interview, I was once asked "oh, but you don't actually run too much, right?" (I had this in my resume). Which was somewhat right, I only occasionally run. I asked why they assumed this. "You are not on Strava!"
Ah, yes, but for different reasons xD.
I have played with the ForRunners app on F-Droid in the past to track my runs locally. I liked it, but I'm not disciplined enough for this stuff, and don't even have a smartphone usable for this anymore. So now, I just run without knowing anything and that's fine.