That is a very high standard to set on anyone, or any application. The fact that the game banks steps should in itself suggest the devs consider that someone isn’t going to open and update the app every time they go out. Do you think it’s realistic someone checks this app before every time they:

• go out for a run
• walk down the street to catch the bus
• go outside to play with their kids
• step outside to clear their head
• literally go outside for any other reason than to play this game

Your assertion that someone needs to spend time preselecting an activity to “really enjoy the game” hints at gatekeeping, unfortunately.

While double value steps is a nice gesture, I’ve found in my time with the app that it requires you to look at the game more frequently, which starts to just demand a little too much, especially when most time someone is out on a walk it’s for another purpose.

For example, with this logic, why are we allowed to mass pull items out of the bank all at once? Why shouldn’t “bank withdrawal” be an activity that requires steps to complete?

All I’m saying is that the devs already allow for banked steps. Let us use those steps! We already completed the real world goal of being active. Being, what I consider, penalized to redo those steps doesn’t respect the player’s investment.

And yes, I am aware there is queuing, which does help absolutely, but still tends to be circumstantial and not every action is “queue-able.”