For the three young founders, it is not a call to cheat, but a means of restoring social justice. In Germany, you don't cross the street when the light is red. Not even when there a
In Germany, most public transport from local metro to long distance international trains do not have anything that stops people from entering the vehicles & platform. no ticket check, not turnstiles. so its pretty easy and inconspicuous to enter without a ticket.
“Every day, hundreds of people do the same thing in the encrypted chat.” - the public Telegram chat is not encrypted, the article is just wrong here
there are similar groups Telegram groups in other german cities, but many are not as active. Berlin is the only city with a dedicated app though, as far as i know.
Yes. Its used because fare evasion is commonly referred to as “schwarzfahren”, which translates to “black transit” and thats not cool. So people are trying to establish a better name that cant be used in a racist way and also has a positive connotation.
Things in the article I would like to comment on:
freifahren = free transit, yes?
Yes. Its used because fare evasion is commonly referred to as “schwarzfahren”, which translates to “black transit” and thats not cool. So people are trying to establish a better name that cant be used in a racist way and also has a positive connotation.
Ah, one of the unfortunate ways such an efficient, logical language finds challenges in morphological growth. 😅