Originally Posted by
Steve B.
”I finally figured out that the data (I care about) was easier to view and edit on RWGPS so stopped bothering with Connect.”
You asked why I said it would be painful to switch, and I explained why. Routes sound like the utmost importance to you, but a lot of people use data that doesn't have a place in synced to platforms like RWGPS or Strava, so they're only partial replacements. It's great that you have a second copy of the data you care about (not being sarcastic here) but the answer to the question you asked is that other people care about different data. (I assume somebody who bought a watch instead of an Edge did so because they care about data beyond cycling.)