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In wake of Apple acquisition, Dark Sky ends Android support
- saos 6y agoIt was always coming
- marsrover 6y agoAndroid developers should rejoice. A fully vetted and financially successful app is now available to create.
- remexre 6y agoAnyone know of a good replacement?
- solstice 6y agoyr
- lol768 6y agoAccuweather isn't too bad.
- jrnichols 6y agoAccuweather is also rather anti-open data, which is concerning. It's also been actively hostile towards the National Weather Service and increasingly becoming a media company rather than a weather agency.
- aigen001 6y agoWhat is also concerning is that the CEO of Accuweather, Barry Myers, was appointed the head of NOAA, the government agency responsible for providing weather information. To remove the conflict of interest, Myers stepped down and appointed his brother as the new CEO of Accuweather. A pretty clear case of regulatory capture if you ask me.
- robgibbons 6y ago1weather is decent.
- wbl 6y agoThe NWS has an API
- jaredandrews 6y agoFirst I foolishly gave the "Weather Channel" app a try. Don't know what I was thinking there, ruled it out after a day. I am now using Climacell. I like it so far, though it is noticeably slowly than dark sky. Probably going to try out all the other apps in this thread, so thanks for asking.
- vlmutolo 6y agoDon’t know if they have an Android app, but ClimaCell seems decent and they have a good API.
- klyrs 6y ago> The Dark Sky Android app is not the only popular service on the chopping block as a result of the acquisition. Several app developers on both iOS and Android have used Dark Sky's API for weather data for a while now, but like Android support, that's going away. There's a little more time in that case, though: developers have until the end of next year to find and implement alternative data sources. Nope, Apple isn't behaving as a monopoly here, not at all.
- ericmay 6y agoWhat are they monopolizing?
- klyrs 6y agoBuying a generic service and closing it down in a way that it's inaccessible outside of their walled garden sure sounds anticompetitive to me.
- mikestew 6y agoThen you are correct in your original comment: that isn’t “acting like a monopoly”. There might be a different term for it, but “monopoly” ain’t it.
- klyrs 6y agoYou can play your word games, but this is how the FTC describes [1] it. > Judging the conduct of an alleged monopolist requires an in-depth analysis of the market and the means used to achieve or maintain the monopoly. Obtaining a monopoly by superior products, innovation, or business acumen is legal; however, the same result achieved by exclusionary or predatory acts may raise antitrust concerns. https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/competition-guidance/guide-antitrust-laws/single-firm-conduct/monopolization-defined https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/competition-guidance/guide-a...
- root_axis 6y agoApple is one of the most dominant tech firms in the world, leveraging their wealth to buy companies and then shut out their competitors from the service is pretty much the quintessential example of an anti-compettive behavior, especially because of the very clear consumer harm produced by shutting out all those existing users. Having a monopoly is not illegal and not the issue, anti-competitive behavior resulting in clear consumer harm is.
- wodenokoto 6y agoWhat about iOS support? The closest to dark sky that pops up on App Store is “dark skies” for taking photos of the night sky :/
- anderiv 6y agoHere’s the iOS app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dark-sky-weather/id517329357 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dark-sky-weather/id517329357
- wodenokoto 6y ago“Not available in your country” - well, that explains why I’m not seeing it when searching in the App Store. Hope they get the features rolled out globally soon!