To say that Garmin has upset its users with its new subscription service would be putting it mildly. The company recently announced Garmin Connect+, a new paid premium tier of its Connect app that features some shiny new paywalled features, including AI-powered insights and a performance dashboard for all of the best Garmin watches.

It hasn’t gone down well. Thousands of furious Garmin fans have taken to Reddit over the news, demanding customers take a stand… More here.

I like Garmin products. They are well made and perform as they should, but they lack fundamental features such as cellular and perhaps most damning of all, the phone software is not great. Paying to make it a little better doesn’t make a lot of sense.

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