Oh no! Not the innovation! That is the only thing that matters to humanity, and we haven’t got enough innovations already. When will Spoons 2.0 ever come out at this rate?
Comment on Google criticizes Europe's plan to adopt free software
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Kent Walker suggested that this initiative would stifle innovation and deny people access to the “best digital tools.”
Perhaps in specific scientific or engineering situations the “best digital tools” may be needed, but isn’t that just a tiny fraction of the European userbase? How many office workers need bleeding edge tools to make a quarterly report or send an email?
tomiant@piefed.social 2 days ago
rimu@piefed.social 2 days ago
Thing is, what is ‘best’ depends on the criteria you apply. If one of them is “allows US govt snooping” or “allows US govt to cut you off whenever” then none of Google’s stuff is ‘the best’.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Plus, the whole point in shifting towards open source platforms (besides tech sovereignty) is boosting the development of open source software.
There’s already open source scientific software. If it’s not as feature rich as a proprietary one that costs thousands a year for one license, then all the more reason to encourage more contributions.