Post #1100514

2026-01-21 14:32 UTC

What does digital independence look like for a #university? At the University of #Groningen, this conversation has been growing bottom-up: academic &amp; professional support staff are driving a move away from #BigTech toward shared, #open alternatives. With support from the Uni Board, this effort is shaping a community-driven 5-year roadmap towards #DigitalAutonomy by 2030. Newspaper Ukrant covered the shift. https://ukrant.nl/magazine/we-can-do-without-them-how-the-ug-is-cutting-ties-with-big-tech/?lang=en #PublicValues

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@muppeth@fe.disroot.org 2026-01-21 20:45

@babetteknauer This is a great news. Looks like the EU is finally taking notes. I only hope people will finally recognize potential of already existing open standards and projects instead reinventing the wheel and burning money away. Though reading on today’s news about the new social network W I would not hold my breath.

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@joostvb@mastodon.green 2026-01-25 06:25

@babetteknauer in dutch at / in het nederlands op https://ukrant.nl/magazine/zo-komt-de-rug-los-van-big-tech-want-we-kunnen-echt-wel-zonder-ze/ . thanks!

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@olibrendel@scicomm.xyz 2026-01-25 07:58

@babetteknauer @fresseng I think the last sentence is very true : "There are all kinds of built-in features that give me the impression that we’re already in a trap that I want to get out of as quickly as possible.’"

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@lcwander@toot.community 2026-03-03 23:00

@babetteknauer Can you get in contact with TU Eindhoven and show them the way? It seems they finally noticed what kind of terrible lock-in they got from Microsoft 😶‍🌫️

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