Thanks! I'm on /e/OS now so I was surprised to not see it in their AppLounge, so installed F-Droid too. It's perfect! It's exactly what I wanted! Thank you! (I do wish Froggy was there though)
I used to use this PWA and I'm sad to see it go. I switched to using the pixel weather app because it was clear that google cared about it more. One of the great things about android is that you can sideload pixel apps even if you dont have a pixel.
I use Breezy too, works great. Complemented by my government-funded national weather app, and lastly by Google Weather. Three apps, because weather is tricky...
Weather is indeed tricky but of they all are just presenting the same data in different ways, it seems redundant to me. Just have one and recognise that weather is variable.
I do have a rain radar app to notify of incoming rain events though based off the radar.
What's tricky about weather is not displaying the current weather. That would be the same data. But also maybe not, if one service has access to more local measurements.
What's tricky is the forecast, where thing can vary with more or less difference, yet still none of them could be correct in the end.
I use several apps in order to have some kind of average forecast. 👍
Yes, I get that, but pretty much every weather app I've used is not forecasting weather. They scrape data from a weather forecasting source. If you have 3 apps from 3 different sources. You'll get different results, but if you've got the same sources, they are just presenting the same data in different ways. Some apps allow you to choose which source you choose, so you could just cycle between the different sources instead.
You're making an average from the data, but assuming each has equal weight. So, using an unscientific method to try and be more accurate than professional meteorologists. It's costing you more time to be less accurate and using more data and processing power. It's negligible though.
You might be better off finding one app that gives you more detailed forecasts. Where one app might say sunny with no rain as that's 90% certainty, another might tell you sunny (90%), rain (5%). It would come from the same data, just presented differently.
I'm not looking for help, but thank you. I'm aware of weights and statistics and sources and all that, it's all good, I know what I'm doing and I have my reasons. Thanks, buddy ❤️
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scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech · 30 pts · 177d
Google kills another thing I loved that cost them pennies, if anything because weather is free data. I left Google Android and am glad I did.
CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 177d
Have you used Breezy? It's great.
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech · 3 pts · 176d
I haven't, is it for Android? I'm not seeing it anywhere
burned_das_brot@feddit.org · 10 pts · 176d
https://f-droid.org/packages/org.breezyweather/
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech · 1 pts · 176d
thank you!
CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 176d
Yeah, someone beat me to it, but it's on F-Droid
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech · 3 pts · 176d
Thanks! I'm on /e/OS now so I was surprised to not see it in their AppLounge, so installed F-Droid too. It's perfect! It's exactly what I wanted! Thank you! (I do wish Froggy was there though)
uniquethrowagay@feddit.org · 4 pts · 175d
https://killedbygoogle.com/
Trudge@piefed.social · -30 pts · 177d
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech · 33 pts · 177d
Community is called android, not googles android
frischkaesbagett@feddit.org · 6 pts · 177d
Propably using some degoogled Android
13igTyme@piefed.social · 14 pts · 177d
Also some people just look at all communities.
victorz@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 177d
And they are allowed to do so, to be perfectly clear. ❤️
sorghum@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 176d
I also want to know what hurdles Google is putting in front of the GrapheneOS guys until I can get a Linux phone replacement.
prettybunnys@piefed.social · 3 pts · 176d
Why is every Apple thread filled with “just use android” people?
It’s cuz people like to hate on other people
MunkysUnkEnz0@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 177d
Weawow is a free (and ad-free) weather app.. It's truly unbelievably good, totally customizable, no ads. Love it.
Ulrich@feddit.org · 6 pts · 176d
Wawawewa! Breezy Weather is the bee's knees.
gedaliyah@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 176d
Linking to my recent weather app review for Overmorrow, a fantastic weather app.
GreatRam@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 176d
I used to use this PWA and I'm sad to see it go. I switched to using the pixel weather app because it was clear that google cared about it more. One of the great things about android is that you can sideload pixel apps even if you dont have a pixel.
ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 175d
For now, but they're eliminating that capability later this year.
VibeSurgeon@piefed.social · 3 pts · 177d
While this is bad, I'm using the Pixel Weather app, which doesn't seem to be affected by this change?
hitmyspot@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 177d
I've changed to breezy weather. It's great. Edit ice to I've.
FrederikNJS@piefed.zip · 11 pts · 177d
In the current political environment, you might want to fix that typo 😉
victorz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 177d
I use Breezy too, works great. Complemented by my government-funded national weather app, and lastly by Google Weather. Three apps, because weather is tricky...
hitmyspot@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 176d
Weather is indeed tricky but of they all are just presenting the same data in different ways, it seems redundant to me. Just have one and recognise that weather is variable.
I do have a rain radar app to notify of incoming rain events though based off the radar.
victorz@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 176d
What's tricky about weather is not displaying the current weather. That would be the same data. But also maybe not, if one service has access to more local measurements.
What's tricky is the forecast, where thing can vary with more or less difference, yet still none of them could be correct in the end.
I use several apps in order to have some kind of average forecast. 👍
hitmyspot@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 176d
Yes, I get that, but pretty much every weather app I've used is not forecasting weather. They scrape data from a weather forecasting source. If you have 3 apps from 3 different sources. You'll get different results, but if you've got the same sources, they are just presenting the same data in different ways. Some apps allow you to choose which source you choose, so you could just cycle between the different sources instead.
You're making an average from the data, but assuming each has equal weight. So, using an unscientific method to try and be more accurate than professional meteorologists. It's costing you more time to be less accurate and using more data and processing power. It's negligible though.
You might be better off finding one app that gives you more detailed forecasts. Where one app might say sunny with no rain as that's 90% certainty, another might tell you sunny (90%), rain (5%). It would come from the same data, just presented differently.
victorz@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 175d
I'm not looking for help, but thank you. I'm aware of weights and statistics and sources and all that, it's all good, I know what I'm doing and I have my reasons. Thanks, buddy ❤️