The world should wake up from tech dependence. Let the EU massively invest in FOSS.
Edit: as raised by comments, my title was not incorrect but did omit that it’s actually the US that imposed sanctions, to which MS chose to comply. Changed the title.
I’ve been attempting to convert as much of my digital life to open source alternatives over the last few years, and I can’t tell you how many people tell me it’s unsafe to do since “just anyone can work on it”. Most people really believe capital = expertise, and that’s a hard nut to crack.
That’s been one of the cornerstones of Microsoft propaganda against open source. So it’s not strange that the uninformed are exactly that, uninformed.
It’s worse when the professionals fall for it, and fail to recommend good solutions to politicians.
Capital IS expertise. Expertise in command and control, thus shaping the narrative in order to bend it to their will.
Those people are those without passion. I’d pay $50 for any FOSS I use regularly
I did, in fact! I bought Immich for $100, and you know what? I don’t regret a god damn thing. It has been a stellar replacement for Google Photos, which was an app I depended on every day for, God, like 10 years now?
What did you use it every day for?
I have an eidetic memory, so, I use it as a journal.
I don’t even understand that. The still-thriving, 30-year history of video game warez really says otherwise.