Submitted by privilegejunkie t3_11z5xeb in iphone
Sorry my first post here is negative. I don't have much to complain about with the latest iPhones, but man, how is this weather app stuff not a bigger story?
To be frank, the app sucks. I get notifications that "rain is stopping soon" but rarely do I ever get the notification for "the rain is starting soon." Furthermore, the notifications are wildly inaccurate. This is worse than no notification at all. Why am I being pushed false data?
The precipitation map is awful. It almost never loads in correctly (if at all) and the precipitation prediction for the next few hours almost never aligns with what the radar would indicate. It was cloudy all day here and every hour was projected to be a thunderstorm. Not a drop of rain yet, and the radar (which decided to work today) showed absolutely nothing brewing.
I gotta ask.. what gives? Apple is usually a very focused company. They make moves when it makes sense and do well, but not with this. Dark Sky was leagues better than what it became after the acquisition. Apple ruined the experience for Android users by taking it away from them, but they also ruined it for their own iPhone users. It feels like Dark Sky was acquired and immediately forgotten which is very unusual for Apple.
Anyway... I hope I am not alone here with these thoughts. Has anyone else had a better experience with the weather app?