I have just had a call with Strava about the changes to the Strava API terms and conditions, specifically the requirement to only show Strava activities to the athlete who performed the activity.
Strava’s intention was to avoid the situation where someone grants access to their data to someone else (e.g. accepts a follow request on Intervals.icu) and then forgets about it leading to privacy problems much later.
The intention is not to prohibit coaching relationships. So intervals.icu can continue to allow coaches to see their athlete’s data from Strava on Intervals.icu.
So soon your followers will not be able to see your Strava activities but your coach will. This is a great outcome for everyone being coached on Intervals.icu and for coaches using the platform to manage their athletes.
Ghat is good news. I don’t know why Strava can’t just say it in public though. It also raises new questions about how they intend the social side of Strava to work?
Excellent news David. I hate to be a party pooper but, as someone pointed out on the other thread on this topic, if the Ts and Cs say one thing, but you have been told something different about their “intentions” by a representative of the company, which takes precedence?