Why are there so few open source weather apps for iOS, compared to the very many that are on Android?

spiritedpause@lemmy-u6723.vm.elestio.app to Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org – 43 points –
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Are you new to Apple?

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.

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.