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#Degoogling #android sure ain't easy.

Certain apps reliance upon #GooglePlay makes it almost impossible to get rid of.

For instance, I've got an app for a grocery store that allows payment through your card by just scanning a QR code.

The payment method refuses to be activated when the Google Play app is deactivated.

It's pretty obvious to anyone: this is #MonopolyByDefault, #VendorLockin and even a form of #DRM.

I already confirmed my identity by way of #BankID. What more is needed?

Finding a sleek, distraction free #markdown editor for #Android is rough, especially when paired with a cloud storage provider that isn't #Google.

My candidates were #OpenNote and #Quilpad, but both take away power from the user by preventing them from managing their own files.

Both refuse to work with the Android cloud provider backend, to a point where I can't even import my MD files from #Jottacloud.

One has experimental support for #Nextcloud tho, which smells like #vendorlockin.

#VendorLockIn is a financial AND strategic trap. ❌

From rising fees to hidden dependencies, #BigTech keeps you dependent on their services.

But achieving #DigitalSovereignty might be easier than you think.

Discover more in our latest blog post: "What is vendor lock-in? The real price of Big Tech."

🔗 nextcloud.com/blog/what-is-ven

Nextcloud · What is vendor lock-in? The real price of Big Tech - NextcloudDiscover the full cost of vendor lock-in. How does Big Tech limit your freedom? And what can open source solutions like Nextcloud do for you?

If you've ever wondered how to tell if a vendor is actually running #PostgreSQL in a manner that's compatible with standard #Postgres, PG Scorecard (pgscorecard.com) is a great resource.

Michael Josephson talks about how it works along with why compatibility matters in this blog:

pgedge.com/blog/postgresql-com

Ah, the age-old debate: #SaaS, the eternal promise of liberation from technical drudgery, 🤖 only to ensnare you in a labyrinth of dependencies, mystery fees, and mind-numbing decision fatigue. 😵‍💫 But hey, at least your vendor lock-in now comes with a sleek, modern logo and the illusion of choice. 🎨✨
rwsdk.com/blog/saas-is-just-ve #Dilemma #VendorLockIn #DecisionFatigue #TechDependencies #ModernSoftware #HackerNews #ngated

rwsdk.comSaaS Is Just Vendor Lock-In with Better Branding | RedwoodSDKThe pitch of modern SaaS is "don't reinvent the wheel." But every wheel you bolt on comes with some friction.
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@bert_hubert Eet smakelijk. Zou je misschien nog in de gelegenheid zijn op ook juist iets te zeggen over vrije #opensource-software. Volgens mij is de essentie van #DigitaleSoevereiniteit niet of de software / dienstverlener Europees of Amerikaans is, maar of de gebruiker (de #overheid) vrij is om de software te gebruiken zoals ze wil. Voorkom #vendorlockin (kan ook in Europa gebeuren). Overweeg #zelfhosting. Investeren in #FOSS is investeren in het publieke domein!

Aankondiging gegunde opdracht van 3.7M€ voor #Microsoft-licenties door #GGD en #Veiligheidsregio #Groningen. In de opdracht werd expliciet naar Microsoft licenties gevraagd.

tenderned.nl/aankondigingen/ov

Is dit ok? Expliciet naar producten van een bepaalde leverancier vragen? Is dit goed voor de #DigitaleAutonomie en #DigitaleSoevereiniteit van de Nederlandse samenleving.

Waarom werd er niets over vrije #opensource software gezegd?

www.tenderned.nlAankondigingen

Rapport van de @gemeenteamsterdam over: Verkenning Amsterdam Digitaal Onafhankelijk

Hier het linkje:
amsterdam.raadsinformatie.nl/d

Dit opent bij mij een browsertab met als titel: "Microsoft Word - verkenning digitale autonomie - 5 maart 2025".

"De gemeente Amsterdam is wat betreft big tech vooral afhankelijk van Microsoft. Dit in cloud en kantoorautomatisering."

Tja, dat is duidelijk. Er is nog een lange weg te gaan.

#Microsoft #vendorLockIn rant…
My new job is a #Microsoft365 shop, so we use #OneNote.
I am on a MacBook.
I have a notebook with many pages.
I needed to generate a list of the page titles. There is no way to do that within the desktop or web app.
There's no way to export the notebook in another format (there supposedly is on PC, but not macOS).
I had to use the developer console in the web app to grab the page list HTML and edit it in a text editor to extract the page titles.
Ridiculous.

Cool dat er in de overheidsbrede handreiking voor verantwoorde inzet van generatieve AI onder andere dit staat:

"Bij voorkeur wordt een #opensource-applicatie of -model gebruikt. Deze modellen bieden meer inzicht, bijvoorbeeld op het gebied van transparantie."

Verder wordt ingegaan op #proprietary modellen, voorkomen van #vendorlockin, #privacy en #scraping, #herbruikbaarheid, #bias, #discriminatie en #transparantie.

Lees de hele handreiking hier:

rijksoverheid.nl/binaries/rijk

I'm wondering if the developers use their own software. Nobody who would be able to influence the of it would accept it like this.

I'm using it for > 25 years for my private finances and may have developed a kind of . Maybe just .
At least today I'll report some bugs - not much hope of improvement, though.

If you're using #Microsoft #OneNote, you will face disadvantages when you don't switch to #Windows11 soon:

You are forced to "One Note on Windows" which requires a #Microsoft365 account. If you want to keep your previous computer/OS, your synchronization speed gets reduced just to punish your disobedience: windowslatest.com/2025/03/24/m

For anything that requires a certain amount of privacy/security, for anything long-term (avoiding #lockin effects), OneNote was a bad idea in the first place.

People who started with the original OneNote already faced data loss when MS forced them into the then mediocre cloud version in 2018: karl-voit.at/2018/04/21/end-of

My recommendation: re-evaluate your requirements and switch to a much better long-term alternative, such as #Emacs #Orgmode & not yet another hip lock-in monster like #Obsidian, #Evernote or other closed source #cloud solutions: karl-voit.at/2021/01/18/tool-c

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparis

Windows Latest · Microsoft will intentionally slow OneNote for Windows 10, so you ditch it fasterMicrosoft has confirmed that it's killing off "OneNote for Windows 10," but it also plans to force the legacy app's sync to run slower.

Geliebte Sucht – Die Vendor Lock-in durchsetzte IT Drogenszene"

Beim #Winterkongress der @digiges 🇨🇭durfte ich über #Geopolitik & #Vendorlockin in 🇪🇺 und was das mit Sucht ähnlichen Abhänigkeiten und #Risikomangemant zu tun hat

#Linkedin Post: linkedin.com/posts/lars-hohl-8

Komplettes Video: media.ccc.de/v/dgwk2025-56337-