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[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.today 7 points 4 days ago

Accuweather is a conservative controlled scam-for-profit company and the NWS is under conservative control now as well. Conservatives absolutely despise science, so we should trust absolutely nothing produced by these entities anymore.

[-] belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org 5 points 4 days ago

Bootlickers

[-] sgibson5150@slrpnk.net 21 points 6 days ago

Anecdotal but my phone battery life has been greatly improved since I disabled Google Maps. I was hitting the 20% warning routinely before end of day previously, and now I typically have 30-40% when I plug it in at night.

On a related note, MapQuest offers Android Auto integration, and the turn-by-turn experience has been adequate in my admittedly limited testing.

YMMV.

[-] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

my phone battery life has been greatly improved

It's a truism amongst gapps-free ROM and also all sorts of adblock users.

And yea, OSM has vastly improved in the past decade to the point that it's just as - if not more - reliable as Google's maps.

Disclaimer: people pointing out the convenience of Google products will be ridiculed. Even traffic jam prediction.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 5 days ago

mapquest doesn't seem to have anything to do with OSM, sadly

[-] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 1 points 5 days ago

Indeed. Thanks.

[-] Midnitte@beehaw.org 17 points 6 days ago
[-] Widukin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 days ago

Well, at least they gained a one star review on the playstore lol

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago

We need to report the error. Daily.

[-] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 6 days ago

I've had AccuWeather forever, what's decent out there?

[-] JillyB@beehaw.org 6 points 5 days ago

I vouch for Breezy. Been using it for years. It's very easy to use and clear and I think more accurate than a lot of my friends phones. Though that depends on your weather source.

[-] morbidcactus@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 days ago

Breezy is fantastic and works with gadgetbridge if you have something like a bangle.js

Yeah, that's how I get weather data on my smartwatch. Kvaesitso can also connect to Breezy if you want weather data on your Android home screen.

Speaking of Gadgetbridge, that can also connect to OpenTracks, allowing it to use data (like heart rate) from your smartwatch to record it for hiking or other exercise tracking.

[-] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 5 days ago

Giving breezy a shot, thanks! (First impressions are that it looks great)

this post was submitted on 21 Sep 2026
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