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minus-squaregens@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down5·2 个月前All those “apps” are websites. You could say NFC is special, but so is gps.
minus-squareNekuSoul@lemmy.nekusoul.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·2 个月前Exactly. Locking basic services behind apps should be illegal. Services must be accessible to everyone.
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 个月前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.)
minus-squareNekuSoul@lemmy.nekusoul.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 个月前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.
minus-squareLH0ezVT@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 个月前They sometimes hand out codes “to be used only by firefighters and paramedics, wink wink”.
minus-squareqqq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 个月前Yea… Like some of those parking applications. Ugh.
minus-squareLH0ezVT@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 个月前To be fair, a lot of those depend on some client side trust. Which is conceptually stupid, but it is the way it is.
All those “apps” are websites. You could say NFC is special, but so is gps.
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.
To be fair, a lot of those depend on some client side trust. Which is conceptually stupid, but it is the way it is.