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I'm sending an email to tell them how disappointed I feel as a long-time subscriber about them maliciously (since there is no other more generous explanation) s

I'm sending an email to tell them how disappointed I feel as a long-time subscriber about them maliciously (since there is no other more generous explanation) shutting down the service for Android users: https://darksky.net/contact https://darksky.net/contact

joombaga 7y ago
Also, the message in the app seems misleading: """ Effective: 7:00 PM CDT, March 30 Expires: 7:00 PM CDT, June 30 To continue using the app and receiving weather notifications, please update to the latest version. You can read more on our blog. """
- syntheticnature 7y ago
  It appears they created a new version simply to better display this message, in lieu of using the weather alert interface.
kube-system 7y ago
The Apple employee who opens your email will undoubtedly pat themselves on the back for a job well done.
- adambyrtek 7y ago
  Well, it's not like they suddenly replaced the whole team overnight, but I guess I get your point. I don't claim it could change anything, but I still believe that it's important to (respectfully) let the team know how their paying ex-customers feel about their decisions.
airstrike 7y ago
> since there is no other more generous explanation How about "Apple just bought a really talented team of developers and want them to work on the Next Big Thing at Apple rather than spend their time on a product that doesn't do anything for Apple's strategy?"
- adambyrtek 7y ago
  Sure, that's the classic "it's been a wonderful journey" scenario where the whole product is sunset, but shutting down just a single platform is not as obvious.
  - shadowoflight 7y ago
    One could easily argue that Apple is sunsetting the Android app for one of the same reasons we can't install MacOS on a non-Apple PC (without violating the EULA): Apple doesn't like supporting unpredictable platforms, and doesn't want to be in a situation where people blame them for other people's bugs and unexpected under-the-hood changes.
    - Yhippa 7y ago
      Apple supports apps on Windows and Android already.
    - adambyrtek 7y ago
      Do you really believe that Apple doesn't allow macOS on PCs because of "unpredictability"? I think it's pretty obvious by now that bundling is a great way to differentiate their hardware, charge a premium, and lock users in their ecosystem. Remember the people who complained about issues with the butterfly keyboard, but kept buying Macbooks just because of macOS?
stevetursi 7y ago
I appreciate your effort, I really do, but you'll get a lot farther complaining on HN. Nobody is going to do anything about it here either, but at least here you'll have people that care what you think.

joombaga 7y ago

Also, the message in the app seems misleading: """ Effective: 7:00 PM CDT, March 30 Expires: 7:00 PM CDT, June 30 To continue using the app and receiving weather notifications, please update to the latest version. You can read more on our blog. """

syntheticnature 7y ago
It appears they created a new version simply to better display this message, in lieu of using the weather alert interface.

kube-system 7y ago

The Apple employee who opens your email will undoubtedly pat themselves on the back for a job well done.

adambyrtek 7y ago
Well, it's not like they suddenly replaced the whole team overnight, but I guess I get your point. I don't claim it could change anything, but I still believe that it's important to (respectfully) let the team know how their paying ex-customers feel about their decisions.

airstrike 7y ago

> since there is no other more generous explanation How about "Apple just bought a really talented team of developers and want them to work on the Next Big Thing at Apple rather than spend their time on a product that doesn't do anything for Apple's strategy?"

adambyrtek 7y ago
Sure, that's the classic "it's been a wonderful journey" scenario where the whole product is sunset, but shutting down just a single platform is not as obvious.
- shadowoflight 7y ago
  One could easily argue that Apple is sunsetting the Android app for one of the same reasons we can't install MacOS on a non-Apple PC (without violating the EULA): Apple doesn't like supporting unpredictable platforms, and doesn't want to be in a situation where people blame them for other people's bugs and unexpected under-the-hood changes.
  - Yhippa 7y ago
    Apple supports apps on Windows and Android already.
  - adambyrtek 7y ago
    Do you really believe that Apple doesn't allow macOS on PCs because of "unpredictability"? I think it's pretty obvious by now that bundling is a great way to differentiate their hardware, charge a premium, and lock users in their ecosystem. Remember the people who complained about issues with the butterfly keyboard, but kept buying Macbooks just because of macOS?

stevetursi 7y ago

I appreciate your effort, I really do, but you'll get a lot farther complaining on HN. Nobody is going to do anything about it here either, but at least here you'll have people that care what you think.