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Apple-Acquired Dark Sky Delays Shutting Down Android App Until August 1
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I have never heard of app before Apple bought it. And know why. Checked its web. Precipitation radar works US/UK only.
It started raining here and it shows cloudy for next 3 hours. Apple ios 13 app shows rain. So nothing to write home about here.....
It started raining here and it shows cloudy for next 3 hours. Apple ios 13 app shows rain. So nothing to write home about here.....
Not going to miss it on Android, Dark Sky was always pretty mediocre in Spain. Especially the rain data was not based on local radars but really coarse.
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He was speaking about iCloud Keychain. And obviously... You can't use it on Windows, Linux, or Android. That's pretty much lock-in to me
Personally I use every major OS every day (Mac, Android, Windows, Linux and iOS in order of usage amount). It's a shame Apple has so many great services that are only accessible inside their walled garden. I'll never be a single-vendor user so they're actually driving me away as a lot of innovation on the platforms isn't usable to me.
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He was speaking about iCloud Keychain. And obviously... You can't use it on Windows, Linux, or Android. That's pretty much lock-in to me
Personally I use every major OS every day (Mac, Android, Windows, Linux and iOS in order of usage amount). It's a shame Apple has so many great services that are only accessible inside their walled garden. I'll never be a single-vendor user so they're actually driving me away as a lot of innovation on the platforms isn't usable to me.
I used to pay a subscription fee for these weather apps when I lived in the Northeast—having hyper local access to rainfall/snowfall and thunderstorms was a must.
But I since moved to Southern California, cancelled all these subscriptions as they’re useless here. Most they can tell me is that today is a little chillier than yesterday or a little warmer. Meh
Worrying/talking about the weather is not a thing anymore, we’re free to worry about other stuff, of which there is plenty)
But I since moved to Southern California, cancelled all these subscriptions as they’re useless here. Most they can tell me is that today is a little chillier than yesterday or a little warmer. Meh
Worrying/talking about the weather is not a thing anymore, we’re free to worry about other stuff, of which there is plenty
)Maybe! now! we! can! get! them! to! remove! the! exclamation! mark! after! every! weather! push! notification!
I'm not sure- iOS 14 seems to have Dark Sky features baked right into the new Weather app. Maybe I'm miss understanding what you mean? I
Not as bad as the snow-belt. Hence I preferred the Bay area weather. It was beautiful even in the middle of June/July and never as cold as where I am. Man, I hated the cold winters that lasts anywhere from November to April. It freakin' snowed in May 2020!
This begs the question, what else weather app is good for Android after Dark Sky is shut down?
I went through the same pain moving to 1Password, and it was absolutely worth it in the end (especially after the Gmail / Keychain debacle of 2019 that Apple didn't fix until a 10.14.6 supplemental update). Also, getting apps outside the Mac App Store whenever possible (sandboxing containers are a nightmare to deal with if you're troubleshooting anything).
Careful now -- Apple might see this reply and acquire Bitwarden too!
NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Actually, fortunately Bitwarden is open source - so it could be forked. And the existing codebase supports running one's own Bitwarden server, if one really felt strongly enough about that. But I'm hoping to see the company continue to grow and prosper.
Good thing you don't live in the Midwest. We get those notices also and sometimes light rain is heavy but most times it does not rain at all. We figure it to be about 30% accurate here.
Apple will develop software for Android if it makes economic sense like Apple Music for example. I would not put it past them to develop for Android in the future if it’s a big enough revenue generator. With that said, I doubt it would be a weather app.
Family 1Password is amazing. Need to share a password with my wife for my news subscription? Boom done. 2 factor authentication automatically copied? Boom done. Been loving 1Password - works amazingly well on Windows too. Been using it more and more.
This should be investigated by FTC for antitrust violation so it doesn't get abused where popular apps are acquired then certain platform support is removed for competitive reasons. Should be a rule where companies can acquire apps but they can only add platform support and not remove them. Otherwise, Google can retaliate, acquire Procreate, remove iOS support and make it Android only then you have this back and forth that harm consumers.
https://www.ftc.gov/faq/competition/report-antitrust-violation
https://www.ftc.gov/faq/competition/report-antitrust-violation
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The weather prediction depends on your location. Where I live it's spot on 95% of the time.
I paid for a lifetime version years ago
They quit supporting the version I had (and it stopped working), then offered me a discount on subscription.
They are liars, thieves and criminals.
Not sure why you asked me that.
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Hyperbole much?
If I had a buck for every app that I've had that's done something like this then, well I'd enough to do it again.
I bet if you check the T&Cs and EULA when you purchased it that you agreed to all this in advance.
If so, not your fault for not realizing it. Few of us do spend the time doing resfing those massive walls if texts, or understand what we do read.
Even fewer then refuse to complete the transaction as a result.
Doesn't mean through that you didn't probably agree to it.
