AccuWeather for iOS Sending Location Data to Monetization Company Even When Location Sharing is Off
There was a day that I opened accuweather and it played an ad with audio. I had been a loyal user of accuweather for years but wow I have never uninstalled an app so fast. I can't use a weather app with even a slight possibility o doing that. I switched to darksky and am very happy with my life choices.
There are numerous reasons to not use Accuweather, primarily that they have lobbied Congress to restrict the public’s access to NWS data.
Actually, I think the uproar over Uber adding “always use location” with their shady history of misusing user location data and their subsequent response of “get over it” is probably more of the driver.
What's frustrating is apple buries a lot of critical functionality under the "always" umbrella, so to use that you have to ask for always even if you never Touch the GPS or coordinate data.
Edit: I know, because I've written several apps. It's frustrating to try and provide functionality X, only to find out that adding that capability requires SUPER INVASIVE GPS ON 100% ALWAYS TRACK MODE when you just want a feature that doesn't even need coordinate data. I hope they give devs more "permission resolution" soon.
Weather Underground is a great alternative to AccuWeather.
This is the iOS version, but there's one for Android as well. I've been using WU now for more than 3 years. I love it.
