Why has #Strava not embraced #ActivityPub? It doesn't seem like at all a stretch to have the private/followers-only/everyone model map to strava.social fedi visibility.
For that matter, why aren't #Komoot or #GarminConnect jumping on the opportunity? Seems like easy way to promote both fitness and their own apps.
@The_KamikaZEN@osma@fediverse If e.g. Komoot and Ride with GPS would collaborate on becoming interoperable for let's say sharing, liking, and comments, they might sway some users away from Strava with the promise of being more open. But tbh, the amount of users migrating would probably still be small, and Strava absolutely rules that industry by network effect.
It's a lot of investment from whoever implements AP, and not much to gain. I think this has to start in the opensource community.
@raucao@The_KamikaZEN
You think this is a zero-sum game? absolutely none of these apps are anywhere close to the size they could be, and nearly all of both the between-friends social potential and the sports megastar reach and influence is untapped.
These apps are meant to inspire people to move. There more they do that, the bigger their business.
@osma@fediverse those companyies do love their walled gardens.
Garmin is famous for building limited penetration walls.
I need a tool to make my fitness details portable.
This. This right here. For anybody to embrace anything they have to perceive and advantage to them to do so. If you can't persuade them of such an advantage they won't do it.
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