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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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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

https://www.weather.gov/documentation/services-web-api

All of the information presented via the API is intended to be open data, free to use for any purpose. As a public service of the United States Government, we do not charge any fees for the usage of this service

https://brightsky.dev/

Bright Sky is free-to-use for all purposes

https://www.dwd.de/EN/service/copyright/copyright_artikel.html

all spatial data and spatial data services available for free access may be used without any restrictions provided that the source is acknowledged

https://open-meteo.com/en/pricing

Open-Meteo APIs are free for non-commercial use

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Dunno about "usually". There's providers that cost and there's providers that don't. There's certainly multiple free providers available.