Is Windy premium a fraud?
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My post title seems provocative but listen to what I discovered.
I have subscribed to Windy premium today for one unique reason :
get hourly forecasts of Meteoblue model instead of the free 3-hours forecasts.
This is where I discovered that instead of providing the real 1-hour forecast from the Meteoblue API, Windy simply expands the 3-hours forecasts by multiplying by three the same forecasts.
This is why you will always have the same Meteoblue forecasts for each block of 3 hours, or 6 or 9 or 12, ... hours (multiples of 3)I have several proof of that because of course I have access to their forecats on their app.
I will just show one example : look at Saturday June 29th until July 1, and see how the forecasts are always 3 times the same , which is not the case at all on Meteoblue app.
The following is an example extracted from MeteoBlue website for the same location for Saturday June 29th
Why is Windy.com doing that? It it to avoid fees to Meteoblue (access to API)?
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A more aligned view, for July 2, 2024. Look at the 1 hour rain at 10pm below that becomes 3-hours rain above on Windy.
Every forecast each hour is a the same 3-hours forecast -
Yes it is true, I confirm it, but it only happens in the precipitation of Meteoblue. I think nowhere else.
In any case, windy premium is not a fraud. Also, you don't have to worry, you can take your money back the first 14 days.
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@Franckielestore said in Is Windy premium a fraud?:
It it to avoid fees to Meteoblue (access to API)?
Knowing that
https://community.windy.com/topic/33666/windyty-s-e-acquires-majority-stake-in-meteoblue-a-gYour assumption would be very weird
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So this division-by-3 issue in 1-h forecast, looks like it's kinda front-end? Will it be solved?
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@kkantoutsis
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@kkantoutsis said in Is Windy premium a fraud?:
Yes it is true, I confirm it, but it only happens in the precipitation of Meteoblue. I think nowhere else.
In any case, windy premium is not a fraud. Also, you don't have to worry, you can take your money back the first 14 days.
Ah no, it is ot only in the precipitation.
It is for any type of icon (partly cloudy, cloudy, ...)
You will always find them by group of 3.
Sometimes you can have the feeling that this is not a case because the appearance switch between night and day.
To me it's fraud because this is not what they claim to get our money : 1-hour forecast -
@kkantoutsis
How can I get my money back please?
There is no such option in my interface
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