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[-] kadup@lemmy.world 34 points 5 days ago

Google deleted a guys entire account for having pictures of his own son in the pool. Google also deleted a colleague's master thesis because he allegedly had a pirated book in his Google Drive - he owned the book, we have local stores that sell .epubs.

Now Microsoft deleted a LibreOffice's developer account.

Do you know what all of these examples have in common? Appealing doesn't work, "your" files were never yours if you give up control to a corporation, US big tech can't be trusted.

You don't have to go fully libre software (though maybe you should!) but at the very least use software that isn't taking your content hostage: have local copies, only accept local copies that are automated and using open formats.

[-] Good_Slate@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Do you have a source for these two? I'm not saying you're wrong - I would like to share the stories! I agree that US big tech companies cannot be trusted.

this post was submitted on 29 Jul 2025
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