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minus-squareNekuSoulAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·19 hours agoExactly. Locking basic services behind apps should be illegal. Services must be accessible to everyone.
minus-squareqqq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·13 hours agoYea… Like some of those parking applications. Ugh.
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·17 hours 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-squareNekuSoulAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·17 hours 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.
Exactly. Locking basic services behind apps should be illegal. Services must be accessible to everyone.
Yea… Like some of those parking applications. Ugh.
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.