It's amazing to see that #DeGoogling is possible. 😎🙌
Share your favorite DeGoogle apps in the comments!
Server side: @doncow, @nextcloud, some #Fediverse projects, #Matrix (Synapse) #Keycloak for SSO
Client side (Linux): #Evolution, #Libreoffice, #Librewolf
Mobile ( @GrapheneOS ): #FairEmail, #Firefox, some Fediverse clients, Matrix client
🤬 Microsoft bans LibreOffice developer's account without warning, rejects appeal • Neowin
｢ Recently, we reported on LibreOffice, accusing Microsoft of intentionally using complex file formats as a tactic to lock in users to Microsoft Office, hindering open source alternatives like LibreOffice.
Now, Microsoft has banned LibreOffice developer, Mike Kaganski, from using its services, citing an "activity that violates [its] Services Agreement" ｣
🤬 Microsoft bans LibreOffice developer's account without warning, rejects appeal • Neowin
｢ Recently, we reported on LibreOffice, accusing Microsoft of intentionally using complex file formats as a tactic to lock in users to Microsoft Office, hindering open source alternatives like LibreOffice.
Now, Microsoft has banned LibreOffice developer, Mike Kaganski, from using its services, citing an "activity that violates [its] Services Agreement" ｣
#Microsoft pulling such an #AssholeMove is inexcuseable *unless they actually evidence a serious #ToS violation they could not have resolved otherwise and that banning said user was the only possible recourse to secure their own systems and/or customers' data from a malicious actor.
🤬 Microsoft bans LibreOffice developer's account without warning, rejects appeal • Neowin
｢ Recently, we reported on LibreOffice, accusing Microsoft of intentionally using complex file formats as a tactic to lock in users to Microsoft Office, hindering open source alternatives like LibreOffice.
Now, Microsoft has banned LibreOffice developer, Mike Kaganski, from using its services, citing an "activity that violates [its] Services Agreement" ｣
Typical #Microsoft being Microsoft. And he's right when he says they have "miserably incompetent IT." Having to deal with their sign-in methods is a pain when it works. Imagine how much when it doesn't because your account is locked out, but then requires you to sign in to file an appeal.
These are the reasons why I stick with #FOSS, and not the kind Microsoft says it supports (#OpenWashing). #LibreOffice
Typical #Microsoft being Microsoft. And he's right when he says they have "miserably incompetent IT." Having to deal with their sign-in methods is a pain when it works. Imagine how much when it doesn't because your account is locked out, but then requires you to sign in to file an appeal.
These are the reasons why I stick with #FOSS, and not the kind Microsoft says it supports (#OpenWashing). #LibreOffice
ARTE Journal feat. #LibreOffice
Apparemment, si vous ne voulez pas payer 99€ pour renouveler votre abonnement #office365 il suffit d'aller dans la partie résiliation.
Avant de valider, #Microsoft vous proposera l'ancien tarif, soit 69€, mais vous n'aurez pas #Copilot.
Dommage.
Sinon vous prenez #LibreOffice, hein. C'est mieux, mais c'est moins cher.
Apparemment, si vous ne voulez pas payer 99€ pour renouveler votre abonnement #office365 il suffit d'aller dans la partie résiliation.
Avant de valider, #Microsoft vous proposera l'ancien tarif, soit 69€, mais vous n'aurez pas #Copilot.
Dommage.
Sinon vous prenez #LibreOffice, hein. C'est mieux, mais c'est moins cher.
Every year that users cooperate with Microsoft's technological subjugation, is another year Microsoft uses to further bind them.
"Instead, these users – including governments and supranational organisations – have allowed lock-in strategies, in which Microsoft 365’s artificially and unnecessarily complex XML document schema plays a fundamental strategic role, to become increasingly sophisticated and pervasive."
#microsoft #endof10#LibreOffice#FreeSoftware #gnu #linux
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/07/18/artificially-complex-xml-schema-as-lock-in-tool/
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