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> They are discontinuing membership programs/fees

> They are discontinuing certification programs

> They are however continuing to ensure ANT+ is available on silicon

> All documentation to be made fully available online

funny how "the beginning of the end" kind of sounds excellent.

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> They are ceasing development of new ANT+ Profiles

Which kind of ensures a slow death, as new devices potentially would require them.

the most recent profile they added was an update to the cycling shifter profile. before that, the most recent actual new device type they added was radars in 2016.

ant+ is not a protocol that has or needs to have frequent updates. opening it up could have been a lot more significant than stopping the development of new profiles.

Good. It was a pointless standard now that ble exists.

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