France Enters the Matrix
In my small bubble of tech news, France has popped up a few times. Found out recently that they are officially[0] using the privacy-respecting Qwant search engine. Several weeks ago, I learned that they have planned obsolescence laws[1] which makes them a pioneer in this area (from what I understand).<p>There's also an active non-profit organization using FOSS to create alternative, privacy-respecting, solutions to Google products (framasoft[2]). I mention this last one because I haven't come across a similar major undertaking (or similar mindset) in too many other countries.<p>Now they are evaluating Matrix for their communications needs. I can understand the importance of countries, nowadays, not relying too much on the services of companies tied to a specific country (namely the US) but I wonder what else is different about France? What else are they engaged in re: FOSS, privacy?<p>Or am I reading too much into this?<p>[0] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qwant" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qwant</a><p>[1] <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42615378" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42615378</a><p>[2] <a href="https://framasoft.org/en/" rel="nofollow">https://framasoft.org/en/</a>