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Why are there so few open source weather apps for iOS, compared to the very many that are on Android? (lemmy-u6723.vm.elestio.app)
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[–] Lemjukes@lemm.ee 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Are you new to Apple?

[–] spiritedpause@lemmy-u6723.vm.elestio.app 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

haha not at all, it's moreso that it seems like the open source weather app category has a particularly large gap in options on iOS vs Android compared to other categories, which I found strange. But I can see why the usual factors are causing it, as other commenters mentioned.

[–] Lemjukes@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

Not a dev just a vaguely informed layman. But my understanding would be that the primary API iOS weather apps would use is weatherkit, which is not open source.