This sucks. Basically it comes down to the data being collected and processed with tax payers money.
Providing data payed by the tax payers to said tax payers for free is considered an unfair advantage in a free market because the other market participants have to invest money to collect the data and need therefore another business model (advertising, paid app, and so on). As the state isn't allowed to unfairly treat one market participant better, the taxpayers loose.
Providing data payed by the tax payers to said tax payers for free is considered an unfair advantage in a free market because the other market participants have to invest money to collect the data and need therefore another business model (advertising, paid app, and so on). As the state isn't allowed to unfairly treat one market participant better, the taxpayers loose.