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minus-squaregens@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down5·1 day agoAll those “apps” are websites. You could say NFC is special, but so is gps.
minus-squareLH0ezVT@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoTo be fair, a lot of those depend on some client side trust. Which is conceptually stupid, but it is the way it is.
minus-squareNekuSoul@lemmy.nekusoul.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·1 day agoExactly. Locking basic services behind apps should be illegal. Services must be accessible to everyone.
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 day 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 day 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-up1·11 hours agoThey sometimes hand out codes “to be used only by firefighters and paramedics, wink wink”.
minus-squareqqq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·23 hours agoYea… Like some of those parking applications. Ugh.
All those “apps” are websites. You could say NFC is special, but so is gps.
To be fair, a lot of those depend on some client side trust. Which is conceptually stupid, but it is the way it is.
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.