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  1. In a bid to more quickly support households struggling financially in emergencies such as natural disasters, Japan is considering digitalizing applications for emergency special loans under its welfare fund program. japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/ #japan #society #debt #digitalization #disasterpreparedness

  2. #OpenSource: Free for You, Profitable for Them.

    OpenSource means: #software where the #sourcecode is freely available and often costs nothing. Sounds great, but there is a catch.

    #Companies like #Microsoft, #Google and #Amazon fund large #OpenSource #projects not out of #idealism, but because they build profitable #cloudservices on top of them and pocket the money.

    Small #developers who charge for their work barely stand a chance against "free". Yet thousands of hours go into these projects. The #maintainers, the people who keep these projects alive, often work unpaid until they hit #burnout.

    #Free does not automatically mean ethical. It is often just convenient.

    #FOSS #FreeSoftware #BigTech #Digitalization #Privacy #Linux #Community #Tech #OpenSourceSoftware

  3. #OpenSource: Free for You, Profitable for Them.

    OpenSource means: #software where the #sourcecode is freely available and often costs nothing. Sounds great, but there is a catch.

    #Companies like #Microsoft, #Google and #Amazon fund large #OpenSource #projects not out of #idealism, but because they build profitable #cloudservices on top of them and pocket the money.

    Small #developers who charge for their work barely stand a chance against "free". Yet thousands of hours go into these projects. The #maintainers, the people who keep these projects alive, often work unpaid until they hit #burnout.

    #Free does not automatically mean ethical. It is often just convenient.

    #FOSS #FreeSoftware #BigTech #Digitalization #Privacy #Linux #Community #Tech #OpenSourceSoftware

  4. #OpenSource: Free for You, Profitable for Them.

    OpenSource means: #software where the #sourcecode is freely available and often costs nothing. Sounds great, but there is a catch.

    #Companies like #Microsoft, #Google and #Amazon fund large #OpenSource #projects not out of #idealism, but because they build profitable #cloudservices on top of them and pocket the money.

    Small #developers who charge for their work barely stand a chance against "free". Yet thousands of hours go into these projects. The #maintainers, the people who keep these projects alive, often work unpaid until they hit #burnout.

    #Free does not automatically mean ethical. It is often just convenient.

    #FOSS #FreeSoftware #BigTech #Digitalization #Privacy #Linux #Community #Tech #OpenSourceSoftware

  5. #OpenSource: Free for You, Profitable for Them.

    OpenSource means: #software where the #sourcecode is freely available and often costs nothing. Sounds great, but there is a catch.

    #Companies like #Microsoft, #Google and #Amazon fund large #OpenSource #projects not out of #idealism, but because they build profitable #cloudservices on top of them and pocket the money.

    Small #developers who charge for their work barely stand a chance against "free". Yet thousands of hours go into these projects. The #maintainers, the people who keep these projects alive, often work unpaid until they hit #burnout.

    #Free does not automatically mean ethical. It is often just convenient.

    #FOSS #FreeSoftware #BigTech #Digitalization #Privacy #Linux #Community #Tech #OpenSourceSoftware

  6. #OpenSource: Free for You, Profitable for Them.

    OpenSource means: #software where the #sourcecode is freely available and often costs nothing. Sounds great, but there is a catch.

    #Companies like #Microsoft, #Google and #Amazon fund large #OpenSource #projects not out of #idealism, but because they build profitable #cloudservices on top of them and pocket the money.

    Small #developers who charge for their work barely stand a chance against "free". Yet thousands of hours go into these projects. The #maintainers, the people who keep these projects alive, often work unpaid until they hit #burnout.

    #Free does not automatically mean ethical. It is often just convenient.

    #FOSS #FreeSoftware #BigTech #Digitalization #Privacy #Linux #Community #Tech #OpenSourceSoftware

  7. Patientinnen und Ärzte uneins über Nutzen von EPD - inside-it[.]ch

    Bei Frau und Herr Schweizer wächst das Interesse an einem digitalen Gesundheitsdossier wieder. Gesundheitsfachpersonen erkennen weiter keinen Nutzen und befürchten Mehraufwand.
    inside-it.ch/patientinnen-und- #Digitalisierung #digitalization #DigitalHealth #elektronischesPatientendossier #ePD #ePA #elektronischePatientenakte #eGD #elektronischesGesundheitsdossier