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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: 2) by fido_dogstoyevsky on Saturday March 14 2020, @10:35PM

    by fido_dogstoyevsky (131) <axehandleNO@SPAMgmail.com> on Saturday March 14 2020, @10:35PM (#971349)

    Charge them 1eu for an ad to them and have them charge you 1eu for an ad to you...

    Could set the precedent that users need to be paid for looking at ads...

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