Yet Another Reason to avoid Google

For my series “yet another reason to avoid x”… this time is Google’s turn

Nextcloud has accused Google of sabotaging its Android Files app by revoking the “All files access” permission, which the company says cripples functionality for its 824,000 users and forces reliance on limited alternatives like SAF and MediaStore.

I do use NextCloud everyday, mainly for contacts and calendar but seeing a GAFAM “giant” crippling free-as-in-freedom software makes me angry!

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Open Source & Linux – AnduinOS

AnduinOS is a custom Ubuntu-based Linux distribution that aims to facilitate developers transitioning from Windows to Linux by maintaining familiar operational habits and workflows.

Now it turns out that the sole maintainer of Linux distribution AnduinOS turns out to be a Microsoft employee. And it sounds a little strange to me, as Anduinos is advertized as GPL-v3 licensed… as far as I remember Microsoft hates GPL, especially GPL-v3!