No one but the EU and member’s governments are more qualified to produce an actual, working age verification system […]

Because they already have the data base neccessary

Just imagine that every time you watch cat videos, the cat video website sends a request to your government’s servers to verify your age.

Of course, this can also be done without accessing any database. E. g. the German electronic identity card supports verifying your age without revealing any other personal information.

There is also flohmarkt, a federated, free and open source platform with multiple public instances, e. g. https://fedi.markets/ and https://flohmarkt.social/.

I buy the store brand of the drugstore (Rossmann): prokudent med. It’s the cheapest, it’s made in Germany and it’s free from sodium lauryl sulfate, which is known to cause Mouth ulcers.

Ich dachte eher an Opus oder AAC. Mp3 bietet eine schlechte (aus meiner Sicht hörbare) Audioqualität bei trotzdem großer Dateigröße.

In welchen Formaten bekommt man eigentlich die Downloads? Nur mp3 oder auch etwas zeitgemäßer?

Solange ich mind. 12 Hörbücher im Jahr höre, komme ich damit preislich deutlich günstiger weg. Ich frage mich irgendwie, was der Haken an der Sache ist. Ich sehe soweit die Kundenbindung an Thalia als einzigen Vorteil für das Unternehmen.

AFAIK many cards are hybrid Girocard/(Visa|MasterCard) debit cards. They use the Girocard payment system if supported by the store and (Visa|Mastercard) otherwise.

The title is a bit ambiguous. It is about a driving license, not a software license (such as the already existing European Union Public License) or any other type of license.