It’s so annoying. You’ve just spent hundreds of dollars on a new Garmin Fenix 8 or Forerunner 970, only to find out you might have to hand over even more money to get the full Garmin experience. Earlier this year, Garmin introduced data-offer-url=”https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/1565777/” class=”external-link” data-event-click=”{"element":"ExternalLink","outgoingURL":"https://cna.st/affiliate-link/4pDSKR9fHyZqTp39e4j82Z2RHsHpr62Sy9fkuYRiM2ev33tbpuCrPDAWngbqvK6GJ61w5tAbi54uX17RQ59dSqQQgkTeAjAQ9wrCKvLkmRgPQw7RDDqRdNecuUm2bxfsvftVTganBR1gSJGH2ummGjj2F6JsezSvnXJLZhsxfGaMbMhSjEb2srphdLS5MUKwpjzSSXJBf1vqkaMxA6Q41bFRx9rpT5bFxPEvk5frYkDjL2fRLB8MTDRwADWBEPLNMJumbShgk84enp4PBPucXfXhzTijo6BoHGzY6hnXfp3k1GzrQGWVZmGcN"}” href=”https://cna.st/affiliate-link/4pDSKR9fHyZqTp39e4j82Z2RHsHpr62Sy9fkuYRiM2ev33tbpuCrPDAWngbqvK6GJ61w5tAbi54uX17RQ59dSqQQgkTeAjAQ9wrCKvLkmRgPQw7RDDqRdNecuUm2bxfsvftVTganBR1gSJGH2ummGjj2F6JsezSvnXJLZhsxfGaMbMhSjEb2srphdLS5MUKwpjzSSXJBf1vqkaMxA6Q41bFRx9rpT5bFxPEvk5frYkDjL2fRLB8MTDRwADWBEPLNMJumbShgk84enp4PBPucXfXhzTijo6BoHGzY6hnXfp3k1GzrQGWVZmGcN” rel=”sponsored” target=”_blank”>Connect+, a subscription element to its Connect companion app earlier. It stirred up its user base in data-offer-url=”https://www.reddit.com/r/Garmin/comments/1job0ee/so_i_tried_connect_plus_pff/” class=”external-link” data-event-click=”{"element":"ExternalLink","outgoingURL":"https://www.reddit.com/r/Garmin/comments/1job0ee/so_i_tried_connect_plus_pff/"}” href=”https://www.reddit.com/r/Garmin/comments/1job0ee/so_i_tried_connect_plus_pff/” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank”>the worst possible way. I visited Garmin’s headquarters in Kansas not long after the announcement and it was clear; Connect+ is here to stay, and there’s a team now…

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