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ho_schitoday at 11:06 AM0 repliesview on HN

It looks nice. Less nice but very good in Germany is DWD Warn Weather:

https://apps.apple.com/de/app/dwd-warnwetter/id986420993?l=e...

Yes. We pay for it with taxes! And again with our money in the App Store. But the app success is build upon the lawsuit from WetterOnline which is a private company.

https://www.bundesgerichtshof.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilung...

The lawsuit backfired and made the state funded app well known. WetterOnline attacked the DWD because the state funded app is superior :)

I think in Italy they have some similar app. Would be nice if the EU helps us to unify the app. And add offline capabilities, bad or no internet happens. The weather radar is offline of less use but the forecast still helps.

They release videos for dangerous weather on YouTube. We’ll know for regular people, in regular cloths, speaking like regular Germans. Everyone loves it :)

I like it when important services are provided by the state and private companies. Save foundation! In worst case the state is always better. In best case they compete and public benefits. In this case the private company just sucks. But they made a good job in advertising for DWD ^^

PS: If someone would implement a nice weather for Linux (best Gtk) based upon DWD public data? DO IT!