https://peertube.wtf/videos/watch/c609ebec-df2a-4ed8-9825-40da4a9ac76f Building VertMatch, a platform for trail runners, Juhani keeps running into the same wall: getting athletes' own training data into it. He and Jasper talk about how Garmin, Strava and others decide what you can do with data you created yourself, and what a fairer way of handling it could look like in Europe. In this episode: Garmin deciding which services your data can go to, Withings putting connections to other services behind a subscription for new buyers, and Strava limiting API access to paying subscribers, Moats, lock-in and the business model of capturing users first and squeezing them later, How VertMatch gets training data from Garmin, Suunto, Polar and intervals.icu, and the terms that stop it sharing some of that data further, Why activities from Garmin and Apple Health can't be shared to federated networks, even when the user asks for it, Whether the European Union can level the playing field, and how federated networks let you leave a platform and take your followers with you, Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:38 Locked out of your own data 6:17 Moats and the squeeze 8:50 Inside VertMatch 12:07 Sharing your runs 14:30 Where Garmin and Apple draw the line 19:19 Can Europe level the field? 23:49 Free to leave 28:19 Build with us VertMatch: https://vertmatch.run/ Col de Berg: https://coldeberg.bike Snapp Technology: https://snapp.technology Music: "Retrofuturism" from StreamBeats by Harris Heller Hosts: Juhani and Jasper Fri, 13 Nov 2026 05:56:09 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.wtf https://peertube.wtf/lazy-static/avatars/45856119-df14-4b5f-bff8-4807ae2cfbd2.png https://peertube.wtf/videos/watch/c609ebec-df2a-4ed8-9825-40da4a9ac76f All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.wtf/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.