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

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.

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No national weather service could ever make a profit by giving away weather information for free.
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 14 2020, @02:29AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 14 2020, @02:29AM (#970986)

    Because Brits really like free weather? Hmm, I really thought the issues were a bit deeper than that.

  • (Score: 2) by EJ on Saturday March 14 2020, @03:02AM (2 children)

    by EJ (2452) on Saturday March 14 2020, @03:02AM (#970998)

    No. Because the EU courts are full of dipshits.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 14 2020, @03:20AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 14 2020, @03:20AM (#971009)

      Yeah, it looks like the German courts caught the American disease (yes, I'm from USA).

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 14 2020, @03:29AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 14 2020, @03:29AM (#971013)

        MGGA - trying to take dump.