I was afraid that would be the case. In mountain biking you need to use visual info to shift preemptively. It would take a sophisticated system to do that, and it would help if it could read your mind, too!
They don't feel so heave when you're riding them with assist. Only at log crossings is it a factor! I mean the tree-down-on-trail kind that there's no riding over and no getting around.
I'm wondering if some of them don't already have that. I think on Shimano motors there is a setting for the angle at which the motor is installed. Or maybe I dreamed that up.
Man, that's troubling. I admit to often leaving mine out in the garage in a less than secure state. Right now it's locked to the bike rack on my car, but we all know how easily that can be defeated.
Oh, so you download the file and then have to go to downloaded files and open the file? I'll play with it. I'll have to say the app has been very reliable.
Remember when you first heard about dropper posts? I think most people thought it was interesting and possible useful but unnecessary. Many/most of us now consider them to be essential equipment, I know I did after 2-3 rides with one. Who knows what might seem essential in 5 or 10 years.