Apple acquires Dark Sky

Re:Apple acquires Dark Sky by vertis on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @06:52PM (#22743641)

I ended up having to use an Apple device temporarily after my previous phone died. While there are things I really enjoy about Apple, the lack of choice is a dealbreaker for me.

I can't buy a kindle book through the app on my device, because iBooks.

Added: Ended up back on an Android device pretty quickly.

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Re:Apple acquires Dark Sky by michaelmrose on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @01:53AM (#22746104)

It's possible to strip drm from kindle and other books to avoid getting tied to a platform by prior purchases.

https://github.com/apprenticeharper/DeDRM_tools

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Re:Apple acquires Dark Sky by vertis on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @06:03PM (#22753978)

Absolutely, and I do this when buying from Kindle. I don't consider Kindle to be perfect either, but it's still MY choice to make, not Apples. If I want to buy from Kobo or from Kindle, why should I have to do that in a web browser or on my desktop.

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Re:Apple acquires Dark Sky by doctoboggan on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @08:39PM (#22744450)

Actually you can buy the kindle book, you just have to use the web browser (not ideal I know, but just letting you know in case you find yourself in that position again)

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Re:Apple acquires Dark Sky by benhurmarcel on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @05:53AM (#22747143)

> because iBooks

It's not because of iBooks, it's because Amazon would have to pay 30% to Apple if they sold through the app.

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