We've all, I suspect, read your message, including
So I thought I'd launch a discussion thread, to find out if others are thinking and/or
So you've had a lot of what others think. I detect a marked prickliness at views expressed which do not appear to reinforce your thoughts.
Most if not all the features you highlight are available in other products, including traffic avoidance on PocketFMS (I don't know about weather downloads - I understood that this was not available in the UK/Europe even to panel mounted units, but I will be corrected). True they are not free to users but those that are available have established a reputation for reliability and data integrity and have an established user base of faithful followers. Given the relative tightness of the market and a number of established products I cannot imaging this being viable. Having a product which will be dependant on regular data updates means having a robust business model with stable finances in place to ensure that users receive consistent and accurate updates. I don't see this being done by a team of what would essentially be volunteers.