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minus-squareNekuSoul@lemmy.nekusoul.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·1 month agoExactly. Locking basic services behind apps should be illegal. Services must be accessible to everyone.
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 month agosame 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.)
minus-squareNekuSoul@lemmy.nekusoul.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoAt 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.
minus-squareLH0ezVT@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThey sometimes hand out codes “to be used only by firefighters and paramedics, wink wink”.
minus-squareqqq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoYea… Like some of those parking applications. Ugh.
Exactly. Locking basic services behind apps should be illegal. Services must be accessible to everyone.
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.)
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.
They sometimes hand out codes “to be used only by firefighters and paramedics, wink wink”.
Yea… Like some of those parking applications. Ugh.