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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 :[

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

weather.gov (for the US)

Doesn’t have an app that I know of so I use my phone’s browser

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

hey that seems like a pretty straightforward option

wonder why it's not more popular

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

adding on to grue’s comment; john oliver put out a good episode that will shed some light on why:

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

wonder why it’s not more popular

Because AccuWeather's lobbying efforts have resulted in NOAA being prohibited from competing with "value-added" private-sector weather services.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I have my city bookmarked there, and the radar. Plus they have the best warnings. Not to mention that other sites use their data as well.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

My guess is because it's not a company. NOAA didn't have to make money because it's government.

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