Some future Garmin features will be paywalled.
Garmin's Connect Plus subscription raised fears of enshittification, and lo, the company confirmed in its Q1 earnings call that going forward 'certain [features] we will likely reserve for premium offerings.' This isn't surprising — this is, after all, how subscriptions tend to go. But it does sting given how vocal Garmin has been in the past about not having a paywall. That said, the conversation revolved around features, not data so hopefully raw data will remain free.
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