All weather apps are alike

[Pakbackr]

As a weather app, I found Dark Sky to be just ok. However its differentiating benefit was its ability to tell me when it was going to rain in the next hour, and how hard. I found this invaluable for timing my daily dog walks and other outdoor activities. I was willing to pay for Dark Sky as an incredibly useful tool that accurately showed me my window for outdoor activity. As for being a comprehensive weather app, others are much better, IMHO.

 

[Grabber5.0]

I think Dark Sky is different, because it aggregates multiple sources, and also uses crowdsourcing: https://darksky.net/dev/docs/sources. I find it to be more accurate than any of the standalone services.

RIP Dark Sky. Thanks Apple!

https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/31/...er-app-dark-sky-shut-down-android-wear-os-ios

 

[Altema22]

I care about weather apps, but mostly because I used to drive all over the place to company remote sites. During the summer I often drive a classic car, so rain forecast is important. Accuweather has worked well for me, and it also adds crowd sourced data. Oh, and they also have MinuteCast which gives you the time and severity of precipitation.

I never used Dark Sky, but they probably saw an opportunity to cash out and took it. Not the first time Apple has bought something and shut out the Android side though. I loved Live Photos before Apple bought it from HTC. As soon as that happened, HTC users had the functionality taken away.

 

[me just saying]

the fallout from apple purchasing dark sky will be all the other weather apps that was using its API.

 

[davidnc]

RIP Dark Sky. Thanks Apple!

https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/31/...er-app-dark-sky-shut-down-android-wear-os-ios

That did not take long for it to get changed

Dark Sky’s branding on its website has already been updated to “Dark Sky by Apple.”

 

[mustang7757]

That did not take long for it to get changed

That was real quick lol

 

[dang1]

the Samsung weather widget on my s9 works fine

 

[Geoff Fitz]

Having or not having an accurate to-the-minute display of current weather conditions does me almost as much good as watching the daily weather forecasts...none at all. It's so rare that the current weather has ANY bearing on my life at all, so I stopped paying much attention.

Hitting the US NWS website for my local area once in a while suffices for me.

 

[masshuu]

Of course the accuracy of the modelling and local data are most important.
But i won't use an ugly weather app

 

[donebrasko]

That is the only thing I used dark sky for. Is there another app that can do that for Android?

As a weather app, I found Dark Sky to be just ok. However its differentiating benefit was its ability to tell me when it was going to rain in the next hour, and how hard. I found this invaluable for timing my daily dog walks and other outdoor activities. I was willing to pay for Dark Sky as an incredibly useful tool that accurately showed me my window for outdoor activity. As for being a comprehensive weather app, others are much better, IMHO.

 

[Mike Dee]

I feel like Apple is pretty one sided when it comes to apps they take over or consider proper. Google makes their apps available for IOS so why can't Apple reciprocate. I realize Google gains something by making their apps available but it just doesn't seem right. Its not like Dark Sky exclusivity will have the same impact as keeping Facetime and Imessage from Android.

 

[mustang7757]

I feel like Apple is pretty one sided when it comes to apps they take over or consider proper. Google makes their apps available for IOS so why can't Apple reciprocate. I realize Google gains something by making their apps available but it just doesn't seem right. Its not like Dark Sky exclusivity will have the same impact as keeping Facetime and Imessage from Android.

Good point , maybe they trying lure android users to their side with exclusive apps.

 

[donebrasko]

I wonder if they are going to include it in their own app

 

[msm0511]

I feel like Apple is pretty one sided when it comes to apps they take over or consider proper. Google makes their apps available for IOS so why can't Apple reciprocate. I realize Google gains something by making their apps available but it just doesn't seem right. Its not like Dark Sky exclusivity will have the same impact as keeping Facetime and Imessage from Android.

They really have no reason to spend the money to keep developing for Android. The few apps Apple releases for Android is for money for a core service, not data. They don't really care about data. I was actually surprised they kept Shazam going on Android, but I guess that's to push Apple Music subscriptions.
@donebrasko Bingo!!