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Let's not forget that it is/was a paid subscription on Android, so offering it for free on iOS and keeping paid on Android would still give them a significant e
by adambyrtek 7y ago
Let's not forget that it is/was a paid subscription on Android, so offering it for free on iOS and keeping paid on Android would still give them a significant edge. Somebody else in this thread mentioned that Shazam is still available on Android even after the acquisition, so it's definitely not as obvious as you suggest.
- atonse 7y agoCorrect, and Apple Music and Apple TV are available on all platforms too. But both bring tens of millions of paid subscribers. While I don't know what Dark Sky's paid base is, it's probably way smaller than that.
- jdminhbg 7y agoNot only that, but presumably if Dark Sky becomes the base for the iOS default Weather app, then there won't be a DS standalone iOS app. So they wouldn't just be maintaining a port, it would be an entire Android app with no iOS equivalent.
- filoleg 7y agoI mean, they could just simply release it as a new Apple Weather app on Android. Just like they did with Apple Music.