• one_old_coder@piefed.social
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    3 months ago

    Why is “digital sovereignty” the current buzzword?

    You surely have noticed that the US government and most big US companies have been stealing our data for years?

    European software is a “branding” around free software that is trying to say away from Trump, Microsoft, and all the other idiots. It took 20 years for the governments to do something about it, and I agree they have been too slow, but at least they are doing something.

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      3 months ago

      European software is a “branding” around free software

      except, it’s not, they are entirely separate concepts; if people want to promote free software, they should say that

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        3 months ago

        You forgot: around free software that is trying to say away from Trump, Microsoft, and all the other idiots