@Suiseiseki @lightweight > If millions or billions can be blown on proprietary licenses, I'm sure schools can afford a single person who has basic competence at using a computer to keep such services running (sure they're hard to find, but you will be able to find them as long as you don't go looking for them via proprietary software).

Disturbingly often they get gratis packages and (poisoned) gifts by corposcum of proprietary software and SaaSS. This is intended to lock them in and/or induce familiarity bias in the student population.

It's only once lock-in is achieved that they ratchet up the prices ridiculously.