Jason SnellJust posted on Six Colors: Apple Sports: A free iPhone app to get you the score, fast
https://sixcolors.com/post/2024/02/apple-sports-a-free-iphone-app-to-get-you-the-score-fast/
My first observation upon loading the app is that while it supports many European leagues, it doesn't support the Champions League, so it's telling me Arsenal is idle until Saturday when it actually plays today. Hmm.
Jonathan Reed@jsnell Yeah, pretty limited with competitions. No leagues below the top tier in football, no cup games and no sports other than football outside of the US (no rugby? Cricket? Surely they’re popular enough?) and also very lacking with women’s sport. Only two. And only US.
A shame since the app is quite nice and quick to use.
A shame since the app is quite nice and quick to use.
@jonathanreed I guess if you're Apple your choices are -
launch a 1.0 the day MLS starts so you can get it out there, and then add later
not launch for a while longer as you add data sources
I get it but… this is just the start and they've committed to adding
@jsnell Fair enough. I guess it’s more from the perspective of a US user currently, even though it’s also available in the UK. Time will tell.
What’s your thoughts on the prominence of the betting in each game? I find it kind of gross but someone told me it’s often an important data point for sentiment in the game? Maybe that’s a more US thing too?
@jonathanreed betting is a huge component of sports these days, I'm just glad they let you turn it off. Wish that setting was more prominent.
@jsnell Oh! I didn’t know that. Very sneakily tucked away in the settings app.