Big Tech is getting cozy with computer science departments

Re:Big Tech is getting cozy with computer science departments by asutekku on Friday December 04, 2020 @06:42AM (#25301266)

And I’m pretty happy that students use nowadays google docs. Sure, it’s propiertary and can break at any point, but man if it does not make collaboration easier.

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Re:Big Tech is getting cozy with computer science departments by greenkey on Friday December 04, 2020 @07:42AM (#25301612)

So: total reliance on someone giving something away for free that could break or be taken away at any time and you have no privacy- that’s ok, even if they’re not going to hire you later?

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Re:Big Tech is getting cozy with computer science departments by mrlala on Friday December 04, 2020 @10:35AM (#25303390)

What?

At any time, you can download your google docs data and have it locally. You can convert it to word/excel formats.

This makes anything you are trying to argue completely irrelevant.

If they basically forced you to keep your data in their proprietary format online-only, then maybe you have an argument.. but since this is not true you are grasping at straws here.

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Re:Big Tech is getting cozy with computer science departments by asutekku on Saturday December 05, 2020 @03:59PM (#25318293)

I trust Apple more than a random TV manufacturer. Sure, it’s not perfect but i don’t want to completely cut off myself from the TV App ecosystem.

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