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chubin
Replace the twitter follow button with a regular hyperlink for less 3rd party tracking potential
The site is so light and relatively private compared to other weather sites except for the twitter thing, could it be replaced with an image or just a hyperlink with no loss in functionality for ? And while you're at it you could do the same with the github buttons?
Don't get me wrong, you should promote yourself and this cool software! It's just that the website could potentially be 18 times lighter with no loss in functionality and users get tracked a bit less by other companies for no reason.
More info: https://themarkup.org/blacklight?url=wttr.in https://urlscan.io/result/1331315e-e49f-4a11-be62-356e6244cba4/
This website contacted 6 IPs in 2 countries across 5 domains to perform 14 HTTP transactions.
(one of those IP's is required to displaying the weather)
That's a good idea. Have you looked into the code to find how this could best be applied?
I'm no real developer but I imagine you'd edit this line: https://github.com/chubin/wttr.in/blob/master/lib/buttons.py#L2
Remove the script tag and just keep the <a href="....</a> stuff?
If you want to, you can clone this repo, change the line, test it and create a pull request but it might be smart to wait for @chubin . Maybe he has reasons for having that Twitter button like it is.
I agree that this button stands apart from the rest https://www.webbloatscore.com?url=https://wttr.in/
Maybe he has reasons for having that Twitter button like it is. No real reason. I will fix it, or you can create a PR too, go ahead
