Most important part:

When asked, the ministry spokesperson pointed out that "the regulation was already in place during the Cold War and had no practical relevance; in particular, there are no penalties for violating it.”

Good write up!

You stressed already that imprisonment legally is seen as an infringement on your rights. Just adding a little interesting fact to that:

A prison break is not illegal per se in Germany. The urge for freedom is regarded as one of the most basic human urges.

So the act of escaping from prison carries no additional punishment, but crimes you commit pursuing that goal, do. For example breaking a window, attacking someone, stealing a key will get punished normally and will be added to your sentence. But if you manage to escape without committing any crimes you’ll just have to finish your original sentence (if caught obviously).

You can freeze bread and defreeze it in the oven pretty quickly if it’s already pre-sliced.

I often combine meals, for example I buy salad and cucumber, so I make sandwiches & a salad. Next day I’ll make wraps using the salad and condiments fromthe sandwiches. I barely buy stuff just for one dish, I always have a second use in mind.

Same boat, 20 years now with them.

every time you log in, they try to rope you into a paid “upgrade” using the worst UI tricks and dark patterns known to man.

This is true, I once clicked it by accident without noticing, then got a bill in the end of the month. Called the customer service and they happily cancelled it and voided the bill, no issues there.