EU OS<p>3 days until <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EU_OS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU_OS</span></a> at Paris <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/HackDays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackDays</span></a>: How many hours do you use your <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> 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. </p><p>And more and more, <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> wants to increase this control and extract value for its shareholders. Change of license models to extract annual rents, forced upgrades to <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows11</span></a>, etc. 1/2</p>