IBM will sell The Weather Company to Francisco Partners, a tech-focused private equity firm, for an undisclosed sum, it announced Tuesday.
IBM selling The Weather Channel and the rest of its weather business::IBM will sell The Weather Company to Francisco Partners, a tech-focused private equity firm, for an undisclosed sum, it announced Tuesday.
They’ve been shitty since TWC bought them. Maybe a little before when they killed their old web interface which was informative and fast and replaced it with a new design that was difficult to read information, and worst of all, slow as fuck. That’s about when I stopped subscribing.
In before a fascist wannabe billionaire buys the weather channel just to destroy any credibility it has and hijack the climate change debate. Even change the name of weather channel to something like “Y”.
Same firm that acquired LogMeIn (LastPass) and MyFitnessPal–and after those acquisitions both MyFitnessPal and LastPass quickly moved to worsen the free tiers of services in favor of their paid subscription models.
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Please don’t make Weather Underground shitty. It’s the only weather website that gives accurate information around here.
They’ve been shitty since TWC bought them. Maybe a little before when they killed their old web interface which was informative and fast and replaced it with a new design that was difficult to read information, and worst of all, slow as fuck. That’s about when I stopped subscribing.
So true. Waiting 30 seconds to see the temperature is ridiculous.
It takes all of 2 seconds to open the door. Guess what? The temperature is hot.
Because it’s so easy to crack the door when you’re 20 stories up…
Weather that is a good decision or not remains to be seen
In before a fascist wannabe billionaire buys the weather channel just to destroy any credibility it has and hijack the climate change debate. Even change the name of weather channel to something like “Y”.
Let the enshittification begin.
This timeline is disturbingly absurd, making it increasingly likely that we could indeed face such a situation.
He’ll probably rename it to 🌦️
*Databases crash noises
Too late, it’s been shit for years now.
Cool, could they sell Redhat to someone not actively evil, and fuck right off now?
TIL IBM owns the Weather Channel.
But that is where I get all the news I need.
Does anyone know of a great alternative weather app?
Going outside
Doesn’t help me see what the weather will be like in a few hours or days from now, which is the whole point of forecasting.
Pshh, my uncle could feel a storm coming with just a feeling in his bad knee.
So do I just call him or
His hearing goes when a hurricane approaches so I’d send him a Fax
Windy
TIL IBM owned the weather app.
If you have The Weather App, the IBM logo is on the splash screen every first launch.
Ah. I guess I just use the one that comes with my iPhone.
Same firm that acquired LogMeIn (LastPass) and MyFitnessPal–and after those acquisitions both MyFitnessPal and LastPass quickly moved to worsen the free tiers of services in favor of their paid subscription models.
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LogMeIn has way more free offerings now than just a couple of years ago. Source: used to work at LogMeIn. You are talking out of your ass.
That’s incredible. Both of those apps INSTANTLY became so much worse after they were bought out.