Today #EPFL made me a great present: making me understand that they don't give a SHIT about digital autonomy! So now:
- I uninstalled all MS software from my computer and smartphone:
- no mail on my phone anymore, as EPFL decided to block non-MS apps
- calendar barely working on my phone because of MS embrace, extend, extinguish
- I'll request to opt-out from WorkSpace One - why should I send all my data to the USA?
Now I need to update cryptpad, install a nextcloud instance, and tell Claude to go wild to create a web-service connecting to OUTLOOK.COM to fetch my emails.
It's not that I have nothing else to do, but running after shitty MS products (I just spent 1h fixing Word footers) is definitely not my idea of Digital Trust!
@ligasser Thunderbird already went wild to connect to OUTLOOK.COM.
Afaik the outlook api is undocumented and it requires reverse engineering.
@aspert @janikvonrotz Well, the money is clear: paying 300k per year for all of MS' services at EPFL is unbeatable. How can you compete with that?
When EPFL searched for a new login provider, MS threw in Entra "for free". So of course other companies offers have not been retained.
@ligasser @aspert
I hope that the admin of EPFL understands that the question of soverignity has nothing to do with book keeping.
By some ironic twist of fate I am reminded of the Mastercard priceless advert https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priceless_(advertising_campaign)
Linus Gasser
Janik 
Nicolas Aspert