Vilnius Tech officials attempted to enforce the use of proprietary two factor identification (2FA) methods. Some students were concerned the methods would ...
“This university has a bad habit of enforcing proprietary software and doing little research on the free alternatives. Free software has always been better and easier to use. It’s hard to study when you can’t agree with invasive EULAs,” states Zehra Irem Kuyucu, one of the affected students.
Many universities are like that. I heard from students younger than me that they are now using Google software in my former university as well since the pandemic.
Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft (and possibly others) are spending huge amounts for lobbying to bring their tech to schools and universities.
Many universities are like that. I heard from students younger than me that they are now using Google software in my former university as well since the pandemic.
Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft (and possibly others) are spending huge amounts for lobbying to bring their tech to schools and universities.
@ailiphilia yep. So they can get used harder with the alternatives once they grow up.