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This should be an option for paying users at the very least. It seems to be a new update today that everyone’s watch is now listed in the first line of their activity. Comes across as overt advertising and Strava trying to make every dollar they can. There’s also legitimate reasons some people wouldn’t want to advertise this (sponsorships, not using a watch someone gifted you, general privacy etc). With all the other things we can customize it feels inconsistent to not be able to edit this. Hoping for a change. Thanks!

 

edit: I’m aware we can probably export the file and re-upload without it being tied to a watch but it shouldn’t have to be that complicated.

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This has been a discussion even when the tracking device was only visible when opening an activity for more information. Think this has something to do with a demand from Garmin. It's frustrating and feels like a privacy issue. 

There's a feature request that you can vote for:


But indeed, with the attribution requirement from Garmin, it might be impossible. 😐

That is a great addition :) Makes garmin happy and allows api-app developers to not use additional requests :) Does it really infringes your privacy? Explain that to me please, I do not see anything wrong with it. Garmin has issues with attribution, so they filed a lawsuit, and before it all settles, i think it’s a make-everyone-happy solution.

That is a great addition :) Makes garmin happy and allows api-app developers to not use additional requests :) Does it really infringes your privacy? Explain that to me please, I do not see anything wrong with it. Garmin has issues with attribution, so they filed a lawsuit, and before it all settles, i think it’s a make-everyone-happy solution.

It’s more an issue of being sick of everything we upload to Strava being used for profit and ulterior motives. There’s no reason they need to force you to show which device you’re recording an activity on, it’s obviously about Garmin’s demands and/or a form of advertisement. I pay them plenty for the low amount of features they give me, probably time to end the subscription at this point.

Could you post a screenshot of this for clarification? I'm not seeing this myself.

Edit: I see it now 

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