Comment on Google criticizes Europe's plan to adopt free software

FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• cideyav138@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Increased competition from open source alternatives harms competitiveness? By forcing them to compete and maybe actually innovate?

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• wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  They mean it would harm their competitiveness.

  As in, “We’d be less competitive if you switch to a competitor” (in this case FOSS).

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• pkjqpg1h@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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  • end_stage_ligma@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’ve reached the point in my life where I find this more arousing than booba

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  • Womble@piefed.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    But also:

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    Google is still up 100% from where it was may last year, even taking that drop into account.

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    • pkjqpg1h@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      maybe Google, but Microslop and Amazon;

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  • Pholous@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Ohh, beautiful!

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• timestatic@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  “well yes you actually need to stay dependent on us to be competitive” -fucking ridiculous

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