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: 2) by captain normal on Saturday March 14 2020, @03:24AM
Actually Britain has MET: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/ [metoffice.gov.uk]
Don't see why someone in Germany couldn't pull out they mobile and just have a look at the current and forecast weather: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/forecast/u33dc2uph#?date=2020-03-14 [metoffice.gov.uk]
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