Microsoft's ICC blockade: digital dependence comes at a cost
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In February, the United States imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. As a result, Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan has no

The world should wake up from tech dependence. Let the EU massively invest in FOSS.

Edit: as raised by comments, my title was not incorrect but did omit that it’s actually the US that imposed sanctions, to which MS chose to comply. Changed the title.

  • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    27 days ago

    Do people really still need to be explained why proprietary software is bad?
    I have zero understanding of why an organization like ICC would use it? Any court needs to be independent, and using proprietary software clearly compromises that. The same goes for public services. And private enterprises should of course avoid it in their own interest.

    Open source proponents have tried to explain this simple fact for more than 20 years. But 90% of people simply don’t care even just a little.