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Which proprietary software do you prefer over their open-source alternatives, and why? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by mayflower@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] zer0@thelemmy.club 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you have to interact with documents created by others it would be better to use open formats not proprietary shit designed to be not cross compatible

[–] empireOfLove@lemmy.one 0 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately industry and academia does not view it in such a manner... those microsoft contracts are too appealing for them lol