Microsoft's Weather App Eats More RAM Than Most Browsers – and Serves You Ads

https://www.gadgetreview.com/microsofts-weather-app-eats-more-ram-than-most-browsers-and-serves-you-ads

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Kekzkrieger@feddit.org · 51 pts · 7d (4 replies)

Why does anyone need an 'app' when you could just use a Bookmark to your browser.

I am so sick of everything turning into an app, most things can be handled by a website be that on mobile or pc.

zebidiah@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 7d

Why go to a site if I can embed it in a dashboard tho?

not a Microsoft dashboard of any kind, but in HA or as a kde background widget....

melroy@kbin.melroy.org · 11 pts · 7d

Under Linux mint in I have an applet for that. Next to the clock.

deliriousdreams@fedia.io · 4 pts · 7d

I work in the field. I really liked the weather tile from Windows8/10 because my computer often would tell me at a glance if the weather was going to turn nasty. That was handy.

Flower@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 7d

It's more fun to have free version of copilot build you a webpage for the weather with just the graphs, numbers and features you prefer, with outrageous styling.

OwOarchist@pawb.social · 50 pts · 8d

Windows 11 Weather app consumes up to 1.6GB of RAM

*Laughs in Linux laptop with 2GB of total RAM*

PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 8d

I love how they defend it instead of fixing it

goatinspace@feddit.org · 26 pts · 8d

fozid@lem.radiantfig.fyi · 24 pts · 7d

I have a python weather app on my linux desktop using 37mb. 1.6gb seems a tad excessive.

rayf@lemmy.zip · 21 pts · 7d (11 replies)

Open web browser -> enter url -> wttr.in/nameofyourcity

Like wttr.in/chicago

Quick and easy. No bullshit.

Work well with curl in a terminal.

brb@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 7d (2 replies)

Don't know where it's pulling the data but it's definitely not accurate for the couple cities I tested.

rayf@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 7d

I don't really know, but since it's a wrapper for Wego https://github.com/schachmat/wego I think it use one of the data source used by Wego. I think that the best improvement could be to be able to choose our own source.

BeardedBlaze@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 7d

Same here, which is a real shame, because I love the simplicity.

cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 7d

😲

I never knew about this one. I use curl ifconfig.io all the time also.

LedgeDrop@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 7d (1 reply)

My new favorite website: no ads, no JavaScript, and works with curl.

Thanks for sharing it!

rayf@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 7d

Discovered with this video from 'breadonpinguins' https://invidious.tiekoetter.com/watch?v=51-wk_F0SfE

melroy@kbin.melroy.org · 2 pts · 7d (4 replies)

But does it also work in powershell? Haha just kidding. Nobody is using that.

some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 7d

But Powershell has curl. ... Wait a second... ... Takes off mask.... Invoke-WebRequest

village604@adultswim.fan · 2 pts · 7d (2 replies)

I have to use it on a daily basis at work.

melroy@kbin.melroy.org · 1 pts · 7d (1 reply)

Ow jeej. I'm sorry for you.

village604@adultswim.fan · 1 pts · 7d

Translating bash commands to powershell is actually one thing the Google AI really excels at.

Of course I don't have it build my scripts, but it's been useful if the Microsoft documentation doesn't have enough information about the flags.

aim4harmony@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 7d

One word for peace. Linux. ☺️

DisgruntledPelican@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 7d (1 reply)

You really don’t understand… it is an app to change the weather by overloading the computer. The excess heat helps to predict a hotter weather.

village604@adultswim.fan · 4 pts · 7d

Powerful computers can act as space heaters in the winter.

SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz · 16 pts · 8d (2 replies)

Are you telling me that an Apple weather app still slurps >300MB?

crank0271@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 8d (1 reply)

How else do you expect to find out the incorrect weather?

bhamlin@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 7d

Actually, all that is for the tracking cookies. The actual weather data is never stored. This is how they support such advanced levels of inaccuracy.

UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 7d

The weather app is probably using edge aka chrome and they are ram hogs. Event the streaming apps on windows uses edge to get hdr etc

W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 8d (1 reply)
Pechente@feddit.org · 1 pts · 8d

Thank you. This also removed the incredibly obnoxious AI chat on the side that my ad blocker didn’t catch.