When comparing Ghostery vs WeatherBug, the Slant community recommends Ghostery for most people. In the question“What are the best Chrome add-ons?” Ghostery is ranked 27th while WeatherBug is ranked 64th. The most important reason people chose Ghostery is:
As a side-effect of stopping trackers, Ghostery also disables many annoying advertisements, and with less of a performance hit than the various AdBlocks (especially when using both).
Specs
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Pros
Pro Blocks many ads
As a side-effect of stopping trackers, Ghostery also disables many annoying advertisements, and with less of a performance hit than the various AdBlocks (especially when using both).
Pro Prevents you from getting tracked
Pro Precise location data
WeatherBug estimates your location with a precision of a few meters.
Pro Warns of severe weather conditions
This app will send you a push notification a set amount of time before rain, storms, etc.
Pro Detailed hourly and weekly forecasts
Pro Radar map
Pro Spark lightning notifier
A feature called Spark shows where lightnings take place by accessing real-time lightning monitoring information. You can then set it up to notify you when lightning has struck in a specific place or when a lightning storm is near your location.
Pro Video of national forecasts
Pro Ability to customize your background
Cons
Con Sells user data
Helps advertisers by selling user data. Though this can be turned off.