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It’s a rainy day for Android users as Apple-owned Dark Sky shuts down

It’s a rainy day for Android users as Apple-owned Dark Sky shuts down

Posted on August 4, 2020August 27, 2023 By Jarvis

It’s a sad day for Android users of the popular Dark Sky app, which shut down today following an acquisition by Apple.

The app, which gained prominence largely due to the relative accuracy of its rain duration feature, was sold to Apple in March, with the iPhone maker vowing to shut down all other versions and immediately pulling the Android app from the Play Store.

This weekend, Android users were greeted with a message explaining that the “app has shut down” (via Ars Technica). The Android app was slated to stop working on Android phones on July 1, but the deadline was extended.
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