I sometimes feel like I’m the only one who loses their mind on a regular basis at the way UI has backslid in the past decade on most major applications (media streaming being particularly bad). Then I see something like this and realize I’m not crazy and I’m not alone. And more importantly, I’m right. Which means I can continue being an arrogant dick about this. Thank you!
turb0_encapsulator on
why the fuck didn’t Apple just have Dark Sky essentially replace Apple Weather? the “not built here” attitude in big tech will be their downfall.
Shivdaddy1 on
I wish Apple didn’t duck it up.
ajtrns on
catch and mercilessly kill. they bought the thing just to “sunset” it to a nice farm upstate.
kalcobalt on
God, I miss Dark Sky. Easily the app I miss most, with no replacement (or “powered by Dark Sky”) even close.
I moved recently and needed a new app that might more accurately predict weather in my area. I hadn’t realized that moat decent weather apps are now subscription-based.
The perniciousness of this model is just evil — a subscription fee for *weather*. Maybe it’s just convenience to know whether to bring your umbrella, but I need to know if weather is coming that will incapacitate me with joint pain, make driving over nearby mountains the equivalent of trying to steer a hockey puck across an ice rink, or be so extreme in heat *or* cold outside that it’s a real danger to human life — all conditions that happen regularly here.
Weather Channel? Pay for cable monthly.
Weather app? Pay for a subscription to find out if it’s going to be dangerous today.
I largely accept (disapprovingly) of our move to subscription-based everything, but some things, I just don’t think you should have to pour money into monthly/annually to receive.
This may be my greatest “middle-aged man has old-man views” situation, but I’ll die on that hill.
RIP Dark Sky. As much as I sang your praises, I *still* didn’t know how good I had it until Subscribe To Life!™️ took hold.
Foxs-In-A-Trenchcoat on
I used to use Dark Sky on desktop and I miss it. It was the best and I don’t understand why they would trash the best.
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that app is the visual equivalent of fine poetry
I sometimes feel like I’m the only one who loses their mind on a regular basis at the way UI has backslid in the past decade on most major applications (media streaming being particularly bad). Then I see something like this and realize I’m not crazy and I’m not alone. And more importantly, I’m right. Which means I can continue being an arrogant dick about this. Thank you!
why the fuck didn’t Apple just have Dark Sky essentially replace Apple Weather? the “not built here” attitude in big tech will be their downfall.
I wish Apple didn’t duck it up.
catch and mercilessly kill. they bought the thing just to “sunset” it to a nice farm upstate.
God, I miss Dark Sky. Easily the app I miss most, with no replacement (or “powered by Dark Sky”) even close.
I moved recently and needed a new app that might more accurately predict weather in my area. I hadn’t realized that moat decent weather apps are now subscription-based.
The perniciousness of this model is just evil — a subscription fee for *weather*. Maybe it’s just convenience to know whether to bring your umbrella, but I need to know if weather is coming that will incapacitate me with joint pain, make driving over nearby mountains the equivalent of trying to steer a hockey puck across an ice rink, or be so extreme in heat *or* cold outside that it’s a real danger to human life — all conditions that happen regularly here.
Weather Channel? Pay for cable monthly.
Weather app? Pay for a subscription to find out if it’s going to be dangerous today.
I largely accept (disapprovingly) of our move to subscription-based everything, but some things, I just don’t think you should have to pour money into monthly/annually to receive.
This may be my greatest “middle-aged man has old-man views” situation, but I’ll die on that hill.
RIP Dark Sky. As much as I sang your praises, I *still* didn’t know how good I had it until Subscribe To Life!™️ took hold.
I used to use Dark Sky on desktop and I miss it. It was the best and I don’t understand why they would trash the best.