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[โ€“] Vesiiiii@nord.pub 11 points 1 day ago

Well, I think that we should use both open-sourced solutions as Well as closed-sourced that have been developed and which company is located in the EU. Not everything can be open-sourced.

everything that does not obey the EU laws and standards and does not pay taxes here should be avoided.

[โ€“] linule@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Open Source helps but itโ€™s also important to fix the incentive structure and startup environment such that products are fully competitive. Doubt that merely throwing money at it (in the form of grants at least, which is what usually govs do) fixes the issue.

[โ€“] jafra@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago

irony: At last. Now we only have to wait for this to become.