burnthesheep wrote:
So, I just had a thought about this.
I'm not claiming anything here, just thinking aloud.
I find it interesting they did this during the whole Covid thing with all the events cancelled and folks flocking online to do something instead of nothing. Also after a bunch of groups took their
fundraising campaigns virtual and online. So now they're essentially hedging on getting a new incremental cut of that traffic's money from fundraising they didn't before.
I think if this was either coincidental or non-intentional, I would have at least temporarily allowed some kind of charity portal for tracking those events and "segments" or courses.
I dunno, after thinking about it the timing seems really really slimy now. I mean, they could have done this (and maybe should have) years and years ago.
I'm sure this point was already brought up earlier, but I came to the same thought not reading the entire topic through.
likely more the flood from the Ironman VR events and the ability of their servers to handle.... someone has to pay for their bandwidth, electricity, etc... why doesnt anyone ever think of this when it comes to free internet stuff you use? strava, facebook, slowtwitch....