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Comparisons with the US are a red herring - this is Germany, for heaven's sake, with one of the best integrated public transport systems in the world. Surely it is not beyond the wit of DB to do a deal with the VRR?
I agree with you, sure. DB has however a deal with VRR and others. You can buy a long distance ticket including local transport, see post #34. You simply need to do it. We don't live a country telling and ordering everybody how to deal with certain issues but we expect that people take responsibility and get informed.