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It’s not true that there is a MS tax on office software - you can now run Google Suite, so there is at least one major competitor.
by chrisseaton 5y ago
It’s not true that there is a MS tax on office software - you can now run Google Suite, so there is at least one major competitor.
- freeflight 5y agoOne major competitor who's also a massive corporation and has an even more questionable approach to handling user data. So while it might not be a pure "MS tax" anymore, in a way there still is a corporate monopoly tax.
- frockington1 5y agoWhy is it that nobody can compete? I've tried various versions of excel/word clones and none seem to operate as well despite it seeming relatively straightforward
- BlueTemplar 5y agoThese days it's more and more the lack of online collaborative tools that is a problem.
- chrisseaton 5y agoHow many different implementations of basic office software do we need? There's no point having hundreds of companies independently building the same thing.
- freeflight 5y agoPutting all your eggs into one basket is a bad approach for pretty much anything, particularly when that basket is one that has its own monetary interests as its main motivator. You want valid alternatives to keep the products offered competitive, and the competitors honest, as entrenched monopolies are rarely conductive to innovation and often extremely opposed to consumer interests.