A LibreOffice developer has shared his experience of having his Microsoft account banned, and how the company has been uncooperative in helping him recover it.
Google deleted a guys entire account for having pictures of his own son in the pool. Google also deleted a colleague’s master thesis because he allegedly had a pirated book in his Google Drive - he owned the book, we have local stores that sell .epubs.
Now Microsoft deleted a LibreOffice’s developer account.
Do you know what all of these examples have in common? Appealing doesn’t work, “your” files were never yours if you give up control to a corporation, US big tech can’t be trusted.
You don’t have to go fully libre software (though maybe you should!) but at the very least use software that isn’t taking your content hostage: have local copies, only accept local copies that are automated and using open formats.
Do you have a source for these two? I’m not saying you’re wrong - I would like to share the stories! I agree that US big tech companies cannot be trusted.
Google deleted a guys entire account for having pictures of his own son in the pool. Google also deleted a colleague’s master thesis because he allegedly had a pirated book in his Google Drive - he owned the book, we have local stores that sell .epubs.
Now Microsoft deleted a LibreOffice’s developer account.
Do you know what all of these examples have in common? Appealing doesn’t work, “your” files were never yours if you give up control to a corporation, US big tech can’t be trusted.
You don’t have to go fully libre software (though maybe you should!) but at the very least use software that isn’t taking your content hostage: have local copies, only accept local copies that are automated and using open formats.
Do you have a source for these two? I’m not saying you’re wrong - I would like to share the stories! I agree that US big tech companies cannot be trusted.