People should understand that different people have different needs. The simplicity of publishing to WU has merit and so why wouldn't we want it to be the best that it can be. I've yet to see another online service provide rapidfire live data that is updated every few seconds.
Pretty much true, although you can self-host a site that offers live updates.
See WeeRT.
Live station: http://threefools.org:3000/
-Tom Keffer (author of WeeWX)
Uh, I went and looked at your first link to WeeWX. I'm kinda of technical minded, no code-writer or anything like that, but I've managed to survive the computer life over the last 25-30. I think WeeWX and WU are very different in regards to a person easily getting their data online to the public. galfert's statement is very true in that getting a station's data published online to WU is pretty simple...provided WU is behaving. I looked at the WeeWX link and, seriously, my eyes started glazing over with all the instruction and foreign words...after all, I'm just a simple-minded old country boy hanging onto my little weather station by the seat-of-my-pants.
WeeWX looks very interesting, but for a layman, like me, I have no interest in dealing with all the coding(?) and instruction to get it up and running and there's lots of terms I have no idea what they mean. I dunno, maybe Cumulus/Saratoga has spoiled me.
For someone who has some familiarity with coding and the lingo associated with it I'm sure WeeWX and self-hosting works great and it's fun to deal with. The key word galfert used, I think, is "simplicity". I'm not belittling your program, but I don't think there's really a lot of comparison between hosting data on WU and self-hosting using WeeWX. Having said all of this, I'm really no big fan of WU, either.
Best wishes with WeeWX!!!