> What "people" want is already irrelevant This! Software is stuck in some illusory ideal from the dotcom days, a global market of meritous choice. It's long b

> What "people" want is already irrelevant This! Software is stuck in some illusory ideal from the dotcom days, a global market of meritous choice. It's long been political and about sovereignty, control and security. Some comments above sing the praises of Adobe as a "no alternative" software. So, remember that time when Trump passed an executive order banning Adobe in South American countries [0]? The US does not get to use access to tech as a weapon, so they're not good enough by wider criteria in a changing political world. It doesn't matter how good are products by Google, Microsoft, Apple, Adobe, Meta... I also happen to think they're technically inferior to a diverse inter-compatible and free ecosystem, but that's becoming a side show. In a way its good that there are no European vendors. The coming change cannot be mistaken for trade preference. People are being "forced to be free" of dangerous influence [1]. [0] https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49973337 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49973337 [1] https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/rousseau/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/rousseau/