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There is one alternative: anti monopoly legislation. Maybe, some day, if the EU gets their heads out of their asses, throw their privacy braking chat monitor out of the window, and start thinking again. In 30-40 years maybe
That's a very hard topic, how can you legislate features? The thing about ecosystems isn't just about Microsoft blocking others like they did in the past, ecosystems bring a TON of new issues, even if everything is open and based on open standards the open solutions might not implement all features. Also, where's the line? Simply opening a Word doc on LibreOffice and it works just fine, or also allowing for remote data served from Microsoft servers? Even if Microsoft allowed that data access from their severs wouldn't that turn LibreOffice into a client such as MS Office? What happens if Microsoft shutdowns or changes their API?