the point I am trying to make is
Prior to Tourer,
the 5 char route codes and the associated QR were pure gold
these codes were gospel and the one and only source of truth.
Prior to Tourer:
- I could publish that code and others could pull the route and view it on their device
- I could publish that code and others could pull the route and print it
- anyone with the paid navigation app on phone could consume the code and enjoy real time turn by turn navigation.
now that I am Tourer subscriber the first two bullet points are no longer possible.
In this respect, as a tourer subscriber, I have less functionality than when I wasn’t a tourer subscriber.
The only way I can regain the functionality I lost is to NOT use Tourer.
in current configuration I can either:
a) retain my good reputation as ride leader by NOT using the premium tools that I paid for
or
b) go ahead use the premium tools I paid for
and “hope” I don’t screw my riding buddies too badly by sending them on roads that I myself am not taking.
or screw myself by telling my emergency contact that I will doing route XXXXX yet from the contact’s point of view the route I said I was taking isn’t the rout I actually took.
I feel that since I am paying money for Tourer
I should not get less functionality than if I paid no money at all.
I know the above is a harsh statement, there is a lot of reasons to pay for Tourer,
I have paid and I will at renewal time too but this point, the statement is valid.
In my opinion, If I paid for the tools then I get to use them.
The tools I use should always produce route codes are a valid reflection of my work.
anyone with my route code should at least be able to view/print the ride I intended to run.
If others have paid for tourer then they too get to enjoy turn by turn navigation of my route.
I am not happy that as Tourer the routes I create are no longer gospel,
they may or may not refelct the actual roads I intend to be on.
The above sentence is unfortunate because it never needed to be that way.
The reason why is no matter what Tourer features one might enable when creating a route
once you are done, if one inserted enough “shaping” points in the route
then even “standard” mode on any setting would reflect even the most complex tourer route.
My point is people should always be able to view/print the route of today’s ride even if one can not turn by turn navigate it.