Dark Sky iOS App, Website, and API Now Scheduled to Remain Available Until End of 2022

[G4scott]

It’s a pro-consumer move made at safeguarding our data and user privacy by giving us a strong reason to never need to download a third party weather app ever again.

Very "pro-consumer" of them to limit consumer choice. For a flashlight apps, sure, they put the LEDs on the phone, no reason for an app to exist for that. For weather apps, there are multiple providers of forecast data. There are ways to protect user data and privacy without killing third party weather apps.

 

[Abazigal]

Very "pro-consumer" of them to limit consumer choice. For a flashlight apps, sure, they put the LEDs on the phone, no reason for an app to exist for that. For weather apps, there are multiple providers of forecast data. There are ways to protect user data and privacy without killing third party weather apps.

If this year of lawsuits has shown me anything, it’s that pro-user and anti-developer very often seem to be two sides of the same coin.

The Weather Channel app settles suit over selling location data - 9to5Mac

IBM and the Los Angeles city attorney's office have settled a lawsuit brought after The Weather Channel app was found to be selling user location data ...

9to5mac.com

The entire business model behind weather apps is problematic, and the sooner Apple nukes this entire app category into oblivion, the better.

 

[beermode]

If this year of lawsuits has shown me anything, it’s that pro-user and anti-developer very often seem to be two sides of the same coin.

The Weather Channel app settles suit over selling location data - 9to5Mac

IBM and the Los Angeles city attorney's office have settled a lawsuit brought after The Weather Channel app was found to be selling user location data ...

9to5mac.com

The entire business model behind weather apps is problematic, and the sooner Apple nukes this entire app category into oblivion, the better.

Probably the most uninformed post I've read all year on this forum. Strange that you have a strong opinion without thinking it through.
Weather apps make their money from standing out from competition. Usually it features, sometimes presentation. Dark Sky did both really well. Maybe you formed your opinion from Weatherbug or something. But golly, wishing something into oblivion is ignorant at best.

 

[beermode]

I'm still holding my breath that they'll take Dark Sky's data and add an optional weather overlay to Maps. To this day, I don't understand why Google/Waze/Apple/Etc haven't done this.

You should probably make money from that idea.

 

[kuwxman]

Dark Sky's accuracy for where I live is poor. Even with the official Weather App - my wife has gotten several rain warnings with a 100% clear sky. lol.

Oh my... looking at the recent comments of 1Weather - looks like it got bought out and destroyed by someone - that's sad.

I have been begging for and hoping that Carrot finally implements NOAA as a weather source. It's on the to do list.

Re: 1Weather. It's true. They released a massive update recently and the app isn't as good anymore. Likely will be the final straw that eventually converts me back to the stock app full time for temp checks. Already semi-rely on it by having the weather as one of the complications on my Apple Watch.

If Carrot started using NOAA, I'd use the app in a heartbeat.

 

[Abazigal]

Probably the most uninformed post I've read all year on this forum. Strange that you have a strong opinion without thinking it through.
Weather apps make their money from standing out from competition. Usually it features, sometimes presentation. Dark Sky did both really well. Maybe you formed your opinion from Weatherbug or something. But golly, wishing something into oblivion is ignorant at best.

Generally, if the weather app isn’t subscription based, you can bet your money that it makes up the difference by selling your data. Either that or the developer doesn’t know how to run a business.

I stand by my premise - weather apps is another category that can’t be trusted.

 

[GrumpyCat]

Until Apple fully ports Dark Sky into the Weather app, I am going to get my $3 worth!

Drat! I paid $4. Must have gotten ripped off!

 

[kc9hzn]

Here's what I don't understand. Apple could have easily written their own version but they decided to buy it instead. Was it really cheaper to buy it than build it?

I’d assume it’s the data collection sourcing that they were most interested in.

 

[kc9hzn]

Generally, if the weather app isn’t subscription based, you can bet your money that it makes up the difference by selling your data. Either that or the developer doesn’t know how to run a business.

I stand by my premise - weather apps is another category that can’t be trusted.

Weather data access (or collection) for a user base of any real size is expensive. That’s why Carrot has so many levels of subscription service. If you’re not paying for weather info, you’re receiving ads or your data is being collected to pay for that data.

 

[DeepIn2U]

Until Apple fully ports Dark Sky into the Weather app, I am going to get my $3 worth!

I’m still not been able to find Dark Sky in App Store (🇨🇦)

It'll be a sad day sometime in the future when Dark Sky leaves us...

I’m already there, no app.