Some say it's meaningless to ban Microsoft and Google out of schools and orgs because "there is no alternative".
Been hearing this shit for decades and I'm frankly fed up. The truth is, alternatives lie unnoticed because, you know, they would mean to actually have an IT department that did all the work Big Tech offers for "free" in exchange for complete personal and commercial surveillance, and that would mean, you know, actually having to pay something.
@dataKnightmare And even "you need to have an IT dept" is not even true. There *are* alternatives. The issue is:
1) You'll have to find them and make them bid.
2) (1) is subject to the omission bias, i.e. whoever brings this up has to put in effort, time and risks reputation if the result is "we're going to Mommy M$".
