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Israel Railways App Popularity Surges After Legal Threat

Israel Railways' free competitor app, Better Rail, saw a massive surge in downloads and topped app store charts after the national railway company threatened legal action over alleged data scraping and system interference. The developers deny the claims, stating the data was publicly available.

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What happened

  1. 01Better Rail app downloads doubled after Israel Railways threatened legal action.
  2. 02The app surpassed Waze and Google Maps in Israeli App Store rankings.
  3. 03Israel Railways accuses Better Rail of data scraping and causing system disruptions.
  4. 04Better Rail developers deny hacking, citing publicly available data.
  5. 05The app has switched to Ministry of Transport data due to the dispute.
Translated and summarized by baba from Vesty, the latest report. Read Vesty’s original

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