I had a long discussion on #digitalsovereignty with our IT chief today after I complained openly about being forced to use Microsoft suite

I was informed that:
1) there is no #OpenSource alternative appropriate for a medium sized research institute like ours

2) my data privacy concerns were an ungrounded conspiracy theory

3) employees either don't want to use open alternatives to #USTech or are too inept to do so

4) open alternatives at the enterprise scale cost money and are therefore not competitive with Microsoft

5) partners in the #HorizonEU that I (will) coordinate need to offer their own solutions if they don't want to use #MSTeams

Happy #DIday y'all

US AI giants seem fine with their tech being used to spy on Europeans | Euractiv

#airace #MassSurveilance #europe #technologynews #ustech #anthropic #openai #eu #resist

https://www.euractiv.com/news/us-ai-giants-seem-fine-with-their-tech-being-used-to-spy-on-europeans/

Yesterday was the "Digital Independence Day", which I only learned of, today. Coincidentally yesterday I wrote my first blog post in years! I used to be on wordpress.com for nearly a decade, then moved my blogging to #g+ #facebook, #linkedin and co.

With the process of shutting down all my #ustech and #bigtech accounts, I felt the need of having a place to myself again, where I could share my thoughts. For now, I've decided to use #zola as a static site generator, which gets hosted to @Codeberg

Here's my successful "Hello, world!" that'll allow me to further my journey towards #digitalindependence as this static site will not only replace my old blogging software, but I plan to replace with it so much more! What a fitting coincidence, to have that post see the light of day on the Digital Independence Day :)

https://pygospa.codeberg.page/posts/hello-world

#zola #wordpresscom #codeberg #woodpeckerci #digitalindependenceday #newblog #newbie #introduction #blogosphere #staticsite #staticsitegenerator #unplugTrump

Europe Is Decoupling From U.S. Tech
Europe Is Decoupling From U.S. Tech
#Europe #Ustech

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Ist #postmarketos auf dem #fairphone eigentlich daily drivable?
Ich plane #ustech weitestmöglich den Rücken zu kehren und suche daher noch nach einer Alternative zu #Grapheneos Pixels.

#DID #EUTech

Digital Resistance Tip #1 - https://video.infiniteloop.tv/videos/watch/93ec12e1-7547-449e-b79c-159b10d6c1b7

#peertube #nogafam #digitalresistance #ustech #Foss