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JD_5643 t1_jd8h438 wrote

It’s UI/UX was perfect. I miss it. Only app I’ve ever bought that I didn’t regret.

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AverageCowboyCentaur t1_jd8hq0s wrote

Replying to JD_5643 (#2,305,223)

Same there is no weather app that comes close. It's a damn shame that Apple bought them out. Their own weather app is horrible and nowhere near as user-friendly as the dark sky app.

There is no current option on Android or iPhone, even on the web, that provides quick up-to-date and accurate weather like they did.

So perfect, so beautiful, and it had everything you needed with appropriate notifications when you wanted them.

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FloodMoose t1_jd8hw01 wrote

An excellent app that went to die at the forbidden apple...

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Riptide360 t1_jd8jv6i wrote

Apple bought Dark Sky when they released their popular iOS app for android. The Dark Sky dev team has made Apple Weather better but we lost a lot from not having better competition.

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shidekigonomo t1_jd8kazu wrote

Dark Sky really was the best. While I wish the native iOS Weather app was much better (the way the radar/map is presented seems a decade behind where Dark Sky left off, for instance), I've also found that every other third-party app I've tried out has been even worse. Hopefully something new comes along that isn't immediately snapped up by a bigger company.

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lucky_ducker t1_jd8nv4w wrote

I was so bummed when they discontinued the Android app, and angry when Google Play charged me for another year's subscription two months later. They denied my appeal, saying that I voluntarily agreed to the cost until and unless I un-subscribed.

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HarpuasGhost t1_jd8o992 wrote

God I miss Dark Sky. Just a perfect app. Apple Weather just doesn't do the same for me.

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dataphile t1_jd8p9g1 wrote

I swapped to Carrot weather which essentially duplicates the Dark Sky interface (not quite as good, but similar).

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Glorious_tim t1_jd8us1e wrote

I download dark sky after a woman sitting next to us at an outdoor restaurant was counting down the minutes until the rain would begin. She got to one minute and stood up and started to gather her belongings and the rain began a few moments later. I used it for an outdoor Shakespeare in the park, and during act I it said rain was coming in 7 minutes. We got up and stood under an overhang and the rain began almost exactly 7 minutes later. Amazing app. I will miss it

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LotusElise t1_jd8wxkf wrote

Corporate consolidation. I loved this app.

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tranquilo666 t1_jd8y2kr wrote

I’m still so sad/angry at Apple about this. What a wonderful app that they killed in cold blood. The Apple weather app is garbage in comparison. 😢😭😭

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cloudydays2021 t1_jd92fur wrote

The most perfect app ever. I never pay for apps but this was the exception. RIP 🪦

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markdhughes t1_jd93h9f wrote

I miss Dark Sky every day, weather here's difficult. CARROT's a fine UI replacement, but now the data source is gone it's not as powerful.

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nsa_reddit_monitor t1_jd99xxa wrote

Replying to Riptide360 (#2,305,435)

When Apple bought them out I noticed the forecast quality took a dive. It used to be accurate within a minute or two for rain and within a couple degrees for temperature but then it just started being wrong to the point I stopped trusting it.

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vakr001 t1_jd9e07d wrote

Dark Sky was amazing. The precipitation alerts were spot on and were essential for travel

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eulynn34 t1_jd9hrl9 wrote

My favorite weather app is gone.

You suck, Apple

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j_h4n5 t1_jda0f62 wrote

I noticed recently that I check the weather much less, which is not ideal.

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SWOsome t1_jdabzd0 wrote

Replying to Hemenway (#2,310,094)

Windy is amazing, but I see them as two separate uses. Windy gives you data. A shit ton of data. It’s great for weather nerds and those that rely on accurate weather data. Windy was incredibly valuable to me navigating the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Coast. The wave height and wind visualization is outstanding.

Dark sky is better for the consumer though IMO. It just did a better job of answering the question: do I need an umbrella at this location at this time?

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BobtheDead t1_jdav5or wrote

Apple saying Dark Sky was integrated into the iOS weather app is like saying a brick thrown into the side of my pc is “integrated”.

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Ohuigin t1_jdavu4z wrote

Replying to dataphile (#2,305,851)

This is what I switched to as well. You can still use dark sky as a data source, but by no means does it replace the stand alone app. It was the best and most accurate weather app I’ve come across in over a decade of trying out damn near all of them.

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Kernel-Angus t1_jdax2ph wrote

Hyperlocal weather on Google play uses what darksky became once appleized (weatherkit) It's ok. The radar feed is reminiscent of the original, but not what it was. I do like the hourly graph. It seems pretty accurate to actual.

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FruityChypre t1_jdaxwyt wrote

Thank you everyone for validating my continued mourning for Dark Sky. I’ve been using Carrot - vaguely close, but not close enough.

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Walverine13 t1_jdb3tub wrote

Anyone found a replacement? I got an add on tiktok for Clime, not sure if I like it yet

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jimmyhoke t1_jdba0ix wrote

I miss the API, they killed that off a while ago.

It was a free, super accurate weather API. I had my terminal setup to show me that weather on startup.

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mata_dan t1_jdbbnqr wrote

Really good article.
Also now I know more specifically why I still go to the met office website all the time to check the weather, it does some of these things (and has for a long time).

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mata_dan t1_jdbca3d wrote

Replying to nsa_reddit_monitor (#2,307,567)

If credit yep and it'd be quickly sorted, if debit you could literally report it to your bank as criminals stealing money off you because that's what it is. (depends on your country or where your account is of course)

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Shockmaindave t1_jdc08jk wrote

Apple used to be famous for their interface design, but their new version of Weather put that concept to bed and smothered it with a pillow.

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TackoFell t1_jdc8gu5 wrote

Replying to mindless900 (#2,305,604)

I’ve noticed that the radar forward casting in the apple version is awful. Like you cross “now” and the entire storm front makes a hard direction turn.

So I don’t actually trust it at all, where with DarkSky and some other apps if they said “rain starting in 6 minutes” I’d feel fine going for a 5 minute walk.

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DropShadow13 t1_jdmirma wrote

Dark Sky is working again for me as of March 24th

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Tomech17 t1_jdoldup wrote

I don't know the app but after reading the comments I have the feeling I miss something that I even don't know :D

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