The app is Clime Pro on iOS, they lock full access to Hurricane Milton data behind a $10 USD per week paywall.

If you’re in the area impacted by Milton, you can find publicly available resources at the National Hurricane Center’s website: National Hurricane Center

  • skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de
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    2 months ago

    It’s shitfunny because this is a perfect opportunity for apps like this to play into Capitalism and succeed twentyfold.

    Open up the app to everyone for free during the hurricane, remove that after hurricane. So many people will go:

    • “OMG this app is useful, I’m paying”
    • “OMG that company is so kind, I’m paying”
    • “OMG I didn’t even know about this but people spread the word, I’m paying!”

    So many opportunities for longer-term profits missed by idiocy.