# Stowaway

21 Hacker News commenters recommended Stowaway and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People find it fun and compelling for seeing the view from any plane or satellite overhead. Some say it fails to load, and its location search is imprecise.

## Why people recommend it

- Fun, neat, and compelling to use (4 comments): "This was so much fun, thank you." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49266027)) "This is very neat! Great job :)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49251608)) "I found it quite compelling." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49253232))
- Works fine for many users (3 comments): "the first couple flights were over an unfamiliar area but worked fine" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49212601)) "Worked fine for me in a temporary container in FF on Ubuntu." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49261178)) "it loaded up and worked flawlessly for me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49259207))
- Sound effects and ambient audio (2 comments): "the sound effects oddly are what really make it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49213034)) "the ambient sounds are a nice touch" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49260460))

## What people warn about

- Fails to load for some users (2 comments): "For me it failed to load (with the same console.log messages as above)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49259791)) "Not working for me on firefox on linux." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49256015))
- Imprecise location search and slider (2 comments): "Currently it is a slider which is not exact and search bar does not show my exact location." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49255994)) "the map displays some random things, sometimes wrong names of location" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49259669))

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Stowaway", https://hackerapproved.com/p/stowaway/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).