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barbara, to privacy in Breezy Weather: An open-source, privacy-friendly Android weather app forked from the now-unmaintained Geometric Weather

I love it.

I had to disable most of it to have only the basics and that’s great :) you can choosr what you want

noodlejetski, to opensource in Breezy Weather: An open-source, privacy-friendly Android weather app forked from the now-unmaintained Geometric Weather

it also supports Gadgetbridge integration, so I get the weather data from it on my watch.

ace_garp,
@ace_garp@lemmy.world avatar

Here’s the TIL I need.

Thanks noodlejetski (c:

harald_im_netz,

Same, thanks original commenter!

Ashen,

Can this be used on the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4?

noodlejetski,

gadgetbridge.org/gadgets/

GenderNeutralBro, to opensource in Breezy Weather: An open-source, privacy-friendly Android weather app forked from the now-unmaintained Geometric Weather

My favorite feature is the 1-row weekly weather widget for my home screen. I have that next to its 1x1 widget for everything I want at a glance using minimal space.

Lemming6969,

Customized widgets is my number 1 desire for most apps

freebee,

yeah maybe i’m dumb, but for example in the put a few cities widget they offer, I don’t seem to have the option to show for example air pollution instead of temperature. Bummer.

LinkOpensChest_wav, to privacy in Breezy Weather: An open-source, privacy-friendly Android weather app forked from the now-unmaintained Geometric Weather
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I love this, but I wish it would display both F and C simultaneously.

traction, to opensource in Breezy Weather: An open-source, privacy-friendly Android weather app forked from the now-unmaintained Geometric Weather

I was searching for a new weather app a few months ago and landed on Breezy - definitely the best one currently out there for Android!

deweydecibel, to opensource in Breezy Weather: An open-source, privacy-friendly Android weather app forked from the now-unmaintained Geometric Weather

Recently discovered it myself. Absolutely excellent.

TDCN, to opensource in Breezy Weather: An open-source, privacy-friendly Android weather app forked from the now-unmaintained Geometric Weather
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How is the report generated andwhere is the data sourced from? I often have huge issues with weather reports being very wrong or not up to date fast enough to be useful so I end up just using the national report but their app is terrible.

Canadian_Cabinet,

You get to choose. I use NWS

uzay, to opensource in Breezy Weather: An open-source, privacy-friendly Android weather app forked from the now-unmaintained Geometric Weather

I’ve been using it for a while now and I love it. FOSS and pretty and customisable.

UKFilmNerd, to opensource in Breezy Weather: An open-source, privacy-friendly Android weather app forked from the now-unmaintained Geometric Weather
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I discovered this after giving up on the BBC weather app because it wants me to sign in.

It’s been really good, I love the details and it’s been getting regular updates. Recommended.

ChallengeApathy, to opensource in Breezy Weather: An open-source, privacy-friendly Android weather app forked from the now-unmaintained Geometric Weather

Best weather app I’ve used. FOSS but unlike most FOSS weather apps, it doesn’t FEEL like your typical FOSS alternative.

phoenixz,

So it doesn’t feel better than the typical bloated half working must pay now and “sacrifice your first born” app?

helenslunch,
@helenslunch@feddit.nl avatar

I think they mean it doesn’t feel like it was designed in 1999

phoenixz,

In my experience, FOSS apps are not the alternative, they are what any app should be. They look, feel and work better than any paid app, yet people continue to call them “alternatives”

helenslunch, (edited )
@helenslunch@feddit.nl avatar

They’re often “alternatives” to significantly more polished and popular apps that have names that people actually recognize. That’s why they’re called alternatives.

You could just as easily say the mainstream app is an “alternative” to the FOSS one, and it still doesn’t mean either one is necessarily better than the other, but most people wouldn’t know WTF you’re talking about.

brbposting,

Lack of polish stems from open source apps having engineers write the code without necessarily having input from a UX designer, would you think?

Meanwhile if you have a paid app, you can use your budget to hire UX/QA etc.?

helenslunch,
@helenslunch@feddit.nl avatar

I mean you can attribute it to any number of things. Most of it being probably lack of funding.

Someone or several someones are volunteering their time to create this, and may not take the additional time required to make it “polished”, and only enough time to make it functional.

brbposting,

Heroes, they are. <3 FOSS devs

phoenixz,

Any idea how many UX designers help with open source? KDE looks way better than windows (IMHO) and having used it for 20 years I just seriously wonder why people pay hundreds of dollars for windows crap while they can have something better for free

techt, to privacy in Breezy Weather: An open-source, privacy-friendly Android weather app forked from the now-unmaintained Geometric Weather

Thanks! I hadn’t gotten around to finding a GW replacement yet, super happy this came up!

Peffse, to opensource in Breezy Weather: An open-source, privacy-friendly Android weather app forked from the now-unmaintained Geometric Weather

I guess I’ll keep this in the back of my mind, but I already migrated over to QuickWeather when Geometric Weather went unsupported. It stinks that I can’t swipe between locations anymore, but the built-in radar and higher information density outweigh switching back for me.

helenslunch,
@helenslunch@feddit.nl avatar

LOL this requires a subscription…

Peffse,

What? I didn’t have to subscribe to anything. Are you not choosing Open-Meteo?

helenslunch,
@helenslunch@feddit.nl avatar

I have no idea what that is and it’s asking for a bunch of information without telling me where or how to get it.

Lettuceeatlettuce, to opensource in Breezy Weather: An open-source, privacy-friendly Android weather app forked from the now-unmaintained Geometric Weather
@Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml avatar

My weather app of choice for about a year now. Really nice interface and solid performance.

Quill7513,

I’ve landed on it as the best blend of accurate and not terrifying for security

Thann, to opensource in Breezy Weather: An open-source, privacy-friendly Android weather app forked from the now-unmaintained Geometric Weather
@Thann@lemmy.ml avatar

What’s with all of the permissions?

flumph,
@flumph@programming.dev avatar

The release notes mention why they request each one.

Thann, to privacy in Breezy Weather: An open-source, privacy-friendly Android weather app forked from the now-unmaintained Geometric Weather
@Thann@lemmy.ml avatar

Why is this in privacy? It has like a million unnecessary permissions

synestine,

Really? Such as?

backhdlp,
@backhdlp@iusearchlinux.fyi avatar

obviously a weather app couldn’t possibly use your location for anything, must be spyware

Thann,
@Thann@lemmy.ml avatar
  • read the contents of your shared storage
  • run foreground service
  • ask to ignore battery optimization.
  • view network connections.
  • view Wi-Fi connections.
  • run at startup.
  • set an alarm.
  • expand/collapse status bar.
  • run foreground service with the type "specialUse"
  • run foreground service with the type “dataSync”

None of these are used in my other weather app =\

SqueakyBeaver,

Most of those are optional lol The only ones that aren’t are the network ones, and after looking at the source code, it’s mostly used for error messages

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