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[–] nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de 41 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Exactly. Locking basic services behind apps should be illegal. Services must be accessible to everyone.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

same goes for the weather app ...

(context: some years ago they locked the publicly-funded german weather service's API, so common people can't access it anymore. you need to use a spam-ridden app to access it now.)

[–] nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

At the very least you can still pay a small one-time fee for the DWD WarnWetter app (or enter a code for firefighters).

Best 3€ I've ever spent purely out of spite, even if the reason behind it is complete BS.

[–] LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

They sometimes hand out codes "to be used only by firefighters and paramedics, wink wink".

[–] qqq@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

Yea.. Like some of those parking applications. Ugh.