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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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Everyone hates me because I'm paranoid.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 14 2020, @03:20AM (1 child)
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
MGGA - trying to take dump.