#digitalsovereginty — Public Fediverse posts
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Once again, The Document Foundation has released a reminder of why Microsoft's Office file formats are among the strongest tools for locking users into proprietary formats. Remember: choose genuinely Open Standards.
#openstandards #digitalsovereginty #vendorlockin
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/07/17/microsofts-main-tool-for-lock-in/ -
Divorcing from Big Tech seems complicated. Yet, that is only true because we tend to use the defaults on our devices, which is how Google Drive and Microsoft Edge maintain their high user numbers, despite better alternatives.
#digitalsovereginty #default
https://www.androidpolice.com/divorcing-big-tech-moving-data-open-source-alternatives/