Proprietary Ecosystem (Windows, Azure): pay an (increasing rent), single product vendor, vendor lock-in, take it or leave it, no control on innovation

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   EU OS (eu_os@eupolicy.social)'s status on Sunday, 01-Jun-2025 18:56:10 JST EU OS

   3 days until #EU_OS at Paris #HackDays: How many hours do you use your #Windows office computer per day? For 6h in front of the computer, this makes 6h·20d·11=1320h per year: Time that users spent in an ecosystem entirely controlled by few powerful, rich people in other countries.

   And more and more, #Windows wants to increase this control and extract value for its shareholders. Change of license models to extract annual rents, forced upgrades to #Windows11, etc. 1/2