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Strava blames zero-code AI apps and scrapers as it tightens API access
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TL;DR
- Strava is now charging developers $11.99 per month for API access.
- The company cites a 448% increase in developer applications and API scraping attempts as reasons for the change.
- These issues have led to degraded platform performance and policy violations by API intermediaries.
- Strava's new policy aims to curb the impact of 'zero-code AI tools' that can overload APIs.
- This follows similar API access fee implementations by platforms like Reddit.
- The new restriction does not affect wearable and device integrations or users' ability to download their data for free.
- Strava had previously restricted data shown by third-party apps in 2024 and dropped a patent infringement lawsuit against Garmin.