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		kevin_thibedeau on March 31, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple acquires Dark Sky The stagnation of the public NOAA site is mostly AccuWeather's doing. The local radar maps still use flash for loop animation so they're going to have to do something in the next year to keep that going. https://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=DIX&product=NCR&over...

spsful on March 31, 2020 [–]

What did AccuWeather do?

kevin_thibedeau on March 31, 2020 | | [–]

They lobbied to prevent open access to tax payer funded data. NOAA is intentionally underfunded to prevent them from making a modern site as a compromise.

stevetursi on March 31, 2020 | | [–]

John Oliver did a really good deep dive on this topic last fall. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMGn9T37eR8

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