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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: 5, Interesting) by Chocolate on Saturday March 14 2020, @02:54AM
Add an 'advertising banner' into the app, set up a page, charge $100,000 per single ad view. Only show the banner if there is an ad to display.
Now it is ad supported and everyone is happy.
Bit-choco-coin anyone?