Big Tech’s disregard for privacy laws and individuals’ personal data has become a matter of national security. As news of willful mismanagement fill the headlines on an almost daily basis, the world is beginning to turn away from expensive and insecure spyware-riddled software imposed by the likes of Microsoft, Google, Meta, Apple, et al.

The investment will be used to strengthen the structural reliability and security of KDE’s core infrastructure, including Plasma, KDE Linux, and the frameworks underlying its communication services.

  • cm0002@toast.oooOP
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    11 hours ago

    Depends on what you want for the return, many see “returns” not just monetarily, but in making things like open source and the Linux ecosystem stronger and more secure for later down the line