@veronica I see many of these "sacrifices" as net benefits.

  • Not having Microsoft Office forces people to use Open Standards like OpenDocument!
    • Not implementing proprietary codecs almost exclusively harms value-removing Rentseekers like MPEG-LA!
    • Lack of tight integration means Freedom of Choice.
    • Not having a bloated garbage App available forces corporations to maintain proper websites.
  • Not supporting Malware like "Client-Side Anticheat"*and *Always-Online "DRM" is a win for consumers.

The issues encountered can all be attributed to corporations being assholes as in actively antagonizing consumers!

  • I've yet to see any exception to that [and ableism] in real - life!

#MicrosoftOffice #OpenStandards #OpenDocument #Malware #ClientSideAnticheat #AlwaysOnlineDRM #Anticheat #DRM #ConsumerRights #proprietary #codecs #ValueRemoving #Rentseeking #MPEGLA #MPEG #LA #licensing #Integration #Freedom #Corporations #assholeism #consumers #Ableism #accessibility

Kaputtes Lizenzmodell: MPEG-Gründer sieht Videocodecs in Gefahr - Golem.de

Wegen eigener Probleme und der freien Konkurrenz der Aomedia sieht der Gründer der Moving Pictures Expert Group deren Lizenzmodell in Gefahr. Er zieht daraus den abwegigen