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Google criticizes Europe's plan to adopt free software
Submitted 1 month ago by inari@piefed.zip to technology@lemmy.world
https://pplware.sapo.pt/google/google-critica-o-plano-da-europa-para-adotar-software-livre/
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Octagon9561@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 1 month 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?
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 month 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.
tomiant@piefed.social 1 month ago
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?
rimu@piefed.social 1 month 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’.
firepenny@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Who will thibknos the shareholders? /s
Prior_Industry@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Grow a pair and take it up with the shit gibbon in the whitehouse.
rumba@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Unfortunately, they will, then we’ll all have to hear the news of some incoherent new anti-France rant.
ReallyCoolDude@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Economic growth cited by google is goole’s revenues. Also, there is no faster tech advance than in open source.
howdy@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
all my homies hate google
ReluctantlyZen@ani.social 1 month ago
Lol, what competition? If anything this’ll increase it, since suddenly, there’s room for others.
Adalast@lemmy.world 1 month ago
In other news: fire is hot, water makes things wet, and things that taste good make us happy.
SethTaylor@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Buddy, she’s breaking up with you. Accept it.
motruck@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
And googles transformation is complete marking the end to an idyllic era that has been barely hanging on.
asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 1 month ago
it stated that the creation of regulatory barriers would be harmful in a context of rapid technological advancement.
“RaPiD tEcHnOlOgIcAl AdVaNcEmEnT”, we all know what that is.
oyzmo@piefed.social 1 month ago
Google 😂
FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 1 month ago
Wait, nobody in their marketing or pr departments told them this would make them look like massive whinebabies?
Ascendor@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
Lol
testaccount372920@piefed.zip 1 month ago
Ah yes, ‘best technologies in the world’ like the software giving Google and the USA full access to all our data?
BetaBlake@lemmy.world 1 month ago
“why haven’t you thought of our bottom line?!?”
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
“It’ll hurt our bottom line and make us less competitive” said google. “Aren’t you afraid of missing out?”
FUCK OFF.
i_love_FFT@jlai.lu 1 month ago
suggested that this initiative would stifle innovation and deny people access to the “best digital tools.”
While I read this section, my google-home powered radio stopped for no reason (just like it does often these days). I opened my home assistant control pannel and launched it again from there.
I’m looking forward to the day I finish my transition to 100% home assistant!
glitchdx@lemmy.world 1 month ago
google can get bent
Suavevillain@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Google knows it’s place is slowly fading away the more people realize how much harm they do.
razen@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Is Google literally crying cause they won’t get people data and money? Looks like begging.
Hupf@feddit.org 1 month ago
Nice economy you have there. It would be a shame if something happened to it.
DmMacniel@feddit.org 1 month ago
Can’t wait for the CIA to mingle more blatantly obvious in our affairs…
0x0@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
They have decades of experience in South America.
mlg@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’m more surprised this isn’t Microsoft lol
toiletobserver@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Keep going, I’m almost there…
Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 1 month ago
I think that the monopoly can’t ralk about competitiveness after 1 year and a half they announced some anti-competitive moves they they wanted to do
TTt@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
European administration offices don’t need the best technologies in the world, they just need a freakin office program they can trust…
Yttra@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Huh, I wonder how this economic growth compares to their multiple mass layoffs over the past few years…
patruelis@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Oh yes, bring it on!!
PlexSheep@infosec.pub 1 month ago
While im very happy about this just like everyone else, I think it will be a struggle to get rid of the Microslop stuff. A lot of organizations would simply cease to exist if Microslop office and their Windows admin stuff would be gone right now.
skisnow@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
I don’t see how that’s true. It’s a little bit of a change to go to open source. Might need a day of training for a small percentage of particularly slow-minded staff members. Definitely nowhere near “organization is no longer viable” territory.
PlexSheep@infosec.pub 1 month ago
They have no messaging, no email, no calenders, no file storage, no operating system. While the transition is definitely possible, in an abrupt event you only have maybe emergency coordinations
namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev 1 month ago
Dear Google: we wouldn’t have to do this if you weren’t such a shit company.
Oh, you weren’t aware that you’re a shit company? You legitimately believe you’re a positive force for the world? Well that’s your own damn fault.