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by shahidhussain 5350 days ago
There's definitely a use case for this. It's awesome.

However, I wonder if it makes more sense to build the business around providing the data on the backend rather than creating a beautiful app.

If the point is this to let users know whether they're about to get rained on, all they need is a bit of text to get the message, rather than a beautiful flowy animation. It looks awesome - I just wonder if it's just going to get in the way after the 10th time checking it. A home screen widget would be ideal (which is why there's lots of weather app widgets already.)

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Combine it with Siri and google map searches: "Where can I walk to for lunch and not get wet?" - I'd buy that!
I agree that a weather prediction service might be a better company, but I doubt it would get as much KickStarter traction as a sexy iOS app.