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by ecf 7y ago
> Our API service for existing customers is not changing today, but we will no longer accept new signups. The API will continue to function through the end of 2021.
I believe this could be the main reason for the purchase. Apple is still using The Weather Channel as the data source for their stock app. If you take a look at their website you’ll soon realize they’ve jumped the ship and are highlighting articles such as “Koalas rescued from Australia’s Bushfires Return Home”.
It appears that The Weather Channel cares very little about showing the actual weather, and switching to a higher quality data source that’s now in-house is probably a really good idea.
- ebg13 7y ago> jumped the ship shark
- bearcobra 7y agoThe Weather Company (which no longer owns The Weather Channel) is part of IBM and also owns WeatherUnderground which has a pretty extensive personal weather station network. I'm skeptical that DarkSky's data is that much higher quality even if weather.com is a mess.