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Good weather app with widget and doesn't need location data ALL THE TIME? (pawb.social)
submitted 1 month ago by Kolanaki@pawb.social to c/degoogle@discuss.tchncs.de
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So they finally went and broke the Google Weather app so the widget won't work because it wants location permissions even when the app is not in use.

Homie don't play that shit. You don't need my location except when I am actively needing to use the app; go fuck yourself Google.

Is there anything Lemmy recommends?

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[–] lgsp@feddit.it 18 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I use breezy weather:

  • nice looks
  • you can add multiple locations
  • for each location and for each parameters (weather, wind, pollution) you can use a different provider
  • nice selection of widget that you can customize
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Perfect.

And, just FYI: It's not on the Play Store at all. Had to get the APK from its github (since I don't use F-Droid).

[–] Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip 9 points 1 month ago

If you prefer to get updates but dont wanna use f-droid for whatever reason obtainium may be helpful to you, it manages versions and will give updates from whatever repo you point it at

I dont use it cause I prefer f-droid but thought I'd mention it in case you weren't already familiar :)

[–] Captain_Baka@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

I agree. Plus the only REALLY needed permission it uses is network connection. Everything else is optional. Well, at least in the F-Droid version of Breezy. Dunno about the Play Store version.

[–] msokiovt@feddit.online 2 points 1 month ago

Breezy Weather I second. I use this one all the time, in fact.

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

This is the way