Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31 • Hacker News Board

Re: Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31

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Post by Alex3917 » Tue, Sep 13, 2022, 1:35 AM UTC

gcanyon wrote: post #153

Drybones wrote: post #5

Upsetting about the app, but the new iOS weather app has the functionality essentially. The real gut wrencher is the darksky website going down. It’s how I check weather most of the time a no other browser weather site comes close to it in simplicity and features.

Does iOS do the freaky-accurate “light rain starting in five minutes, ending twenty minutes later” thing? If so, I’d love to know where, I’ve missed it.

No, but it's currently in beta in the API, so possibly it will come in the future:

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/weatherkitrestapi/...

Re: Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31

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Post by NobodyNada » Tue, Sep 13, 2022, 1:40 AM UTC

gcanyon wrote: post #153

Drybones wrote: post #5

Upsetting about the app, but the new iOS weather app has the functionality essentially. The real gut wrencher is the darksky website going down. It’s how I check weather most of the time a no other browser weather site comes close to it in simplicity and features.

Does iOS do the freaky-accurate “light rain starting in five minutes, ending twenty minutes later” thing? If so, I’d love to know where, I’ve missed it.

Yes. If there’s rain forecasted for the next hour, it’s displayed prominently on the top of the weather interface (it’s hidden if there’s no rain expected). It will also appear on your home screen if you add a weather widget.

Re: Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31

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Post by Tempest1981 » Tue, Sep 13, 2022, 1:44 AM UTC

RightPassage wrote: post #138

raybb wrote: post #16

What weather app are people using on Android? I'm currently using Geometric Weather + MyRadar: https://f-droid.org/packages/wangdaye.com.geometricweather/ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.acmeaom.an...

weawow weather https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.weawow&hl=...

Free, and Ad-free. And nice UI.

Donation-ware.

Re: Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31

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Post by kingTug » Tue, Sep 13, 2022, 1:45 AM UTC

D_Joni wrote: post #69

It's funny how this is posted two days after I finished my Weather web app which uses Dark Sky's free API: https://weather-dj.netlify.app/ Let's hope that in the future Apple continues to deliver the same API structure as Dark Sky did, because it will be a big shame if they did some changes or limitations to it. Although I only use this app mostly for my personal use, the effort that I've put into this would be for n…

Slick app, mate.

Re: Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31

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Post by Gelob » Tue, Sep 13, 2022, 1:48 AM UTC

good, im glad iOS users are feeling the pain that android did when apple bought them

Re: Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31

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Post by miketery » Tue, Sep 13, 2022, 1:48 AM UTC

londons_explore wrote: post #77

DarkSky has a very nice UI... but the actual weather data and predictions seem lackluster at best. If they were confident in their predictions, they'd compare against competitors - for example, "If you use our 3-hour weather prediction to decide the best time to go for a 20 minute jog each day, you'll stay dry 16% more of the time than using NOAA weather predictions".

Probably depends on location? Its amazing in NYC.

Re: Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31

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Post by crino » Tue, Sep 13, 2022, 1:54 AM UTC

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Re: Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31

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Post by wpietri » Tue, Sep 13, 2022, 1:56 AM UTC

wrycoder wrote: post #123

abduhl wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How is it anti consumer? What harm has a consumer suffered? It seems like your only answer to this is “there’s less weather apps”? If your viewpoint were the one used for antitrust then no acquisition ever would be acceptable.

Many people love Dark Sky, and Apple simply killed it.

Exactly. Comments here show that people had a good thing. Apple took it away from them to get a competitive advantage.

Re: Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31

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Post by sanedigital » Tue, Sep 13, 2022, 1:57 AM UTC

iamdamian wrote: post #156

ezfe wrote: post #131

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you on iOS 16? iOS 15 doesn't fully integrate it.

I was describing my experience on iOS 15 for the past year or so. The incorrect results I'm seeing are in-app—what do you mean that it's not fully integrated in iOS 15?

There's a brand new Weather app in iOS 16. It's (more or less) the same functionality as Dark Sky was.

Re: Dark Sky iOS app will no longer work from Dec 31

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Post by bsimpson » Tue, Sep 13, 2022, 2:03 AM UTC

gcanyon wrote: post #153

Drybones wrote: post #5

Upsetting about the app, but the new iOS weather app has the functionality essentially. The real gut wrencher is the darksky website going down. It’s how I check weather most of the time a no other browser weather site comes close to it in simplicity and features.

Does iOS do the freaky-accurate “light rain starting in five minutes, ending twenty minutes later” thing? If so, I’d love to know where, I’ve missed it.

FWIW, Google does that (at least on Android). You get a notification if it's expected to rain soon.

Honestly, Dark Sky had been my habitual weather app until Apple killed it, but it doesn't seem as accurate as I expected. I don't know if this means I've been in places where their data is less optimized, or if I'm just noticing it more now that I have to look at other options.