Federico Hernandez

So 85% of the Komoot employees were fired by the new owners (which is their usual thing - they have done it at their other acquisitions as well - buying random SaaS products, fire everyone and then squeeze out the last Pennie’s from the product without investing into new things). What a shame… Enshitification is around the corner.

“Goodbye Komoot Team. What We Carried With Us” (from an employee gathering in the last days of being at Komoot)

https://youtu.be/qLJkK4Wn1HI

DC Rainmaker post https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2025/05/komoot-team-goodbye.html

#trailrunning #running #hiking #cycling #mountaineering #komoot #entshitification

Goodbye Komoot Team. What We Carried With Us

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Show threadthicc shadyMay 30
@recollir Ugh… time to cancel my subscription
Show threadHolgerMay 30
@recollir ah that was unfortunately what people expected at the time of acquisition. What a shame.
Show threadZlashaMay 30
@recollir the other 15% should quit, too. What the fuck?!
Show threadTeri Yaki 🖌️🎹🚲💻May 31
@recollir Last state of platform enshittyfication?
Show threadD´r FotografMay 31
@recollir Everybody had this assumption. So, it is not only to blame the buyer, but much more the seller. Also sellers have responsibility.
Show threadRad und TatMay 31
@recollir I was a loyal Komoot user. The app helped me plan hikes and bike rides in places I'd never been and places I knew well, thanks to all the unpaid contributions from other users and the careful curation by staff. I paid for the app and even contributed some tours and pictures myself. But why the hell should I continue to rely on an app that treats its staff badly and ignores the views of its users. Point me to the coop-run alternative now and take my money for that!
Show threadMightyPirate™ 🏳️‍🌈May 31
@radundtat @recollir if I were you, i'd make sure to delete all content made before leaving
Show threadLucas TreffenstädtMay 31
@recollir shit. I've relied on komoot for years. Any good alternatives out there to plan hiking and biking trips?
Show threadIngo WichmannMay 31

@recollir not every team is as cool as ownclouds team. Hello #opencloud!

https://opencloud.eu/de/ueber-uns/unternehmen

Unternehmen

Erfahren Sie mehr über unser Unternehmen und unsere Lösungen für geschützte Cloud-Daten. Wir bieten sichere, skalierbare Cloud-Services für den Schutz und die Verwaltung Ihrer Daten.

Show threadJörgiMay 31
@recollir
I'm happy that i wasn't applying for a job there, when i was searching for jobs...
Show threadFranzineMay 31
@recollir thanks! Account deleted
Show threaddreiwertJun 1

@recollir How often does something like this need to happen until people understand that building your $service on the top of #opensource and #opendata can prevent exactly this effect? When someone comes along and buys the $service, at the point where #enshittification is around the corner, you just fork and move along.

#komoot #ownyourdata

Show threadDavid MegginsonJun 1

@dreiwert Yes, I agree. The greatest superpower of open * is forkability. The threat of a fork prevents BDFLs from becoming actual dictators, and defangs corporate killer acquistions.

If you can't fork it, it's not open.

@recollir

#FOSS #OpenSource #OpenData #tech

Show threadPearl MontanaJun 3
@recollir This is just f'n sad. Komoot was one of the only apps I happily spent money on...