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Bending Spoons acquires komoot (yahoo.com)
10 points by pil0u 28 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments



a beloved tool from Potsdam, Germany. Best in market for planning routes. I always had my grievances with their lack of premium features that where catered towards ambitious cyclists that use their phone instead of a GPS though. They could have had all my money of they would have had a customizable UI (or at least a bunch of skins to choose from). So much data collected and no useful HUD. Just copying what Garmin etc have (e.g. audio indicators for next turns) would have made a big difference...


> lack of premium features that where catered towards ambitious cyclists that use their phone instead of a GPS

I think that's a very small target group. Most ambitious cyclists will use a dedicated bike computer rather than a smartphone. And rightfully so, if you ask me.


Now this DC Rainmaker article about komoot quickly locking everything behind a paywall makes sense:

https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2025/03/komoots-expanded-paywall...




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