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Court Outlaws German Weather Service's Free Weather App

posted by martyb on Saturday March 14 2020, @01:34AM   Printer-friendly
from the monetizing-taxpayer-funded dept.

DannyB writes:

Court outlaws German Weather Service's free weather app

WetterOnline has won its case against Germany's national weather service. The company sued the service over the anti-competitive nature of its free weather forecast app.

The German Weather Service (DWD) will no longer be allowed to provide general weather forecasts in a free mobile phone app after a federal court ruled in favor of a private firm on Thursday.

[...] the national meteorological service will only be permitted to offer extreme weather warnings for free and that a DWD app offering general weather forecasts must contain advertisements or be purchased by users.

<sarcasm>
No national weather service could ever make a profit by giving away weather information for free.
</sarcasm>

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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by Kitsune008 on Saturday March 14 2020, @02:24AM (3 children)

    by Kitsune008 (9054) on Saturday March 14 2020, @02:24AM (#970983)

    What's the weather usually like on the subway?
    Inquiring minds want to know. ;-)

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 14 2020, @03:12AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 14 2020, @03:12AM (#971003)

    Dark.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 14 2020, @03:28AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 14 2020, @03:28AM (#971012)

    I'm not a fan of the naked animosity that has crept in here.

    Please don't let violence creep into your hearts, even simple jokes can open the door. /soapbox

  • (Score: 2) by MostCynical on Saturday March 14 2020, @05:21AM

    by MostCynical (2589) on Saturday March 14 2020, @05:21AM (#971049) Journal

    Apparently, chances of blood and patches of gore..

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