{"id":31751,"date":"2021-03-01T16:56:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T21:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=31751"},"modified":"2022-04-11T15:33:53","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T19:33:53","slug":"weather-line-acquired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/01\/weather-line-acquired\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather Line Acquired"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/weatherlineapp.com\/blog\/weather-line-is-being-acquired\">Off Coast LLC<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/weatherlineapp\/status\/1366448751477477393\">tweet<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/weatherlineapp.com\/blog\/weather-line-is-being-acquired\">\n<p>The acquisition means the app is going away. Today, we removed Weather Line from the App Store. For all existing Weather Line users, free and paid, the app will continue working for 13 months, until April 1, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>As an Indie Founder without a day job, being able to sell an app provides for my family in a very difficult climate.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rjonesy\/status\/1366484878527782930\">Ryan Jones<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rjonesy\/status\/1366484878527782930\">\n<p>For those asking &#x2013; we will not be joining the purchasing company.<\/p>\n<p>We&rsquo;ll transition the app to them, show them the ropes, and help them plan &#x2013; but we will not continuing with the app long term.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>I hope the buyer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jsnell\/status\/1366484100991709184\">brings it back<\/a> in a similar form because there&rsquo;s still nothing like it.<\/p>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/31\/apple-buys-dark-sky\/\">Apple Buys Dark Sky<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/04\/weather-line-2\/\">Weather Line 2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p id=\"weather-line-acquired-update-2021-03-02\">Update (2021-03-02): See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2021\/03\/02\/weather-line-ios-app-acquired\/\">MacRumors<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=26315926\">Hacker News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"weather-line-acquired-update-2022-04-11\">Update (2022-04-11): <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rjonesy\/status\/1509706916276191234\">Ryan Jones<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rjonesy\/status\/1509706916276191234\">\n<p>Goodnight @weatherlineapp<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/29\/snowflake-weather-1-3-for-ios\/\">Snowflake Weather 1.3 for iOS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Off Coast LLC (tweet): The acquisition means the app is going away. Today, we removed Weather Line from the App Store. For all existing Weather Line users, free and paid, the app will continue working for 13 months, until April 1, 2022. 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