#breakupbigtech — Public Fediverse posts

#Microsoft Is Abandoning #Windows10. #Hackers Are Celebrating
"Tis mth, MS will ruin hundreds of millions of computers in #US & create more than one billion pounds of #electronic #waste, for no reason other than #profit.. ending support on PCs for #Win10, te 2nd-most popular version of te OS worldwide.. when MS ended support for #Windows8 in Jan2016, less than 4% of users were still running it. But ~42% of #Windows #computers worldwide r still using Win10" #breakupbigtech
https://prospect.org/power/2025-10-02-microsoft-abandoning-windows-10-hackers-celebrating/

#German #state hits #uninstall on #Microsoft
Kudos!👏
"The state's shift twds #opensource #software began last year. 1st phase involves ending te use of Word & Excel software, which are being replaced by #LibreOffice, while #OpenXchange is taking te place of Outlook for #emails & #calendars.. there'll also be a switch to #Linux #OS in order to complete the move away fr #Windows.. #France's #gendarmerie, ~100,000 strong, has been using #LinuxOS since 2000s"
#BreakupBigTech
https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/tech/3048865/were-done-with-teams-german-state-hits-uninstall-on-microsoft

Rise in ' #harmful #content ' since #Meta #policy #rollbacks: survey
"The survey of around 7,000 active users on #Instagram, #Facebook & #Threads comes after te Palo Alto co #ditched US #factcheckers in January & turned over te task of debunking falsehoods to ordinary #users under a model known as "Community Notes," popularized by X.. widely seen as an attempt to appease President #Trump's new #administration"

🤦‍♂️No responsibility = anarchy shit.
#breakupBigTech #LeaveMeta
https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/social-and-lifestyle/3051371/rise-in-harmful-content-since-meta-policy-rollbacks-survey

#Google & #Apple #lose their court fights against #EU & owe billions in #fines & #taxes
"Despite the amts of $ involved, e adverse #rulings will leave a small #financial dent in 2 of e world’s richest & most profitable cos. The combined bill of $17 bil facing Apple & Alphabet reps 0.3% of their combined market value of $5.2 tril.. M Vestager said tt e shopping case was one of the 1st attempts to #regulate a #digital co & inspired similar efforts worldwide" #breakupbigtech
https://www.seattlepi.com/news/world/article/google-loses-final-eu-court-appeal-against-2-4-19754233.php

' #Google is a #monopolist' #federal #judge rules in #landmark #case
""This is the most important #antitrust #caseofthecentury, & it's e 1st of a big slate of cases to come down #against #BigTech" said Rebecca Allensworth, Prof at Vanderbilt University #law sch. "It's a huge #turningpoint". Google's #monopoly allowed it to inflate e prices for some search #ads. Tt, in turn, gave e Co more money to pay for its #searchengine to get #prime #placement" #BreakupBigTech #choice
https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/tech/2842328/google-is-a-monopolist-judge-rules-in-landmark-antitrust-case