The Wahoo Elemnt Ace is just the latest phone-sized bike computer, and it’s getting a bit silly
Are these things housing GPS modules, cameras, and microphones too? Every manufacturer of common goods wants to get on the surveillance game these days.
That’s actually one benefit to many bike computers: they can be used offline and/or have no data connection or app.
You could connect it to a manufacturer’s services, and lock down what data is shared.
If I had to pick between a phone and a bike computer for privacy, it would be a bike computer.