Weather dotcom has premium gatekeeping and Accuweather just kinda sucks

EDIT: i just remembered not everyone is ND and doesn’t get really super into every topic enough to care about things like meteorology :[

  • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgEnglish
    13·
    2 days ago

    Breezy Weather on my phone and Weather Underground on PC.

    Breezy is also in FDroid, but that package only uses Open Meteo for the weather data (not super accurate in my area). The “standard” release on Github allows others (AccuWeather, NWS, Open-Meteo, OpenWeather, and some others). I use AccuWeather since it’s more accurate that OpenMeteo. I just don’t like AccuWeather’s app / ads.

    • TimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
      3·
      2 days ago

      that’s cool. yea i was hoping for something like that. i guess it’s hard to avoid commodification of meteorological reports since they rely on a bunch of individual stations sharing data… so once that gets snatched up by some capitalist power what are you gonna do, go make your own weather station?

      or maybe not, i have literally no idea how this works. i assume people only know things by asking the local places. i guess they can tell me the weather on antarctica or the moon with a good enough satellite. (uh, well i guess that’d just be “cold,” and “none”)

      • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgEnglish
        6·
        2 days ago

        Most of the weather stations in the US are operated by (or at least report to) NWS. AccuWeather et al just package that data and slap ads in their apps.

        • KittenBiscuits@lemm.eeEnglish
          3·
          2 days ago

          There are a lot of hobbyist stations connected to Weather Underground. I have one! I got it more because we are in kind of a microclimate area slightly different than the city’s main station. And also we are prone to hurricanes and other windy conditions, so I just wanna track the wind outside to know if I have to run out and secure loose items.

          With the Weather Underground widget, I can have my station data right on my phone. Forecasts still go by the main city.

          Fun fact, the mast for the old DirectTv dish was the perfect size for the weather station, and gave me an excuse to climb up and take the dish down finally.