Slack demonstrates why you can never trust a big commercial enterprise, simply because your interests aren't theirs and when push comes to shove, they'll butcher you for money.
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Slack demonstrates why you can never trust a big commercial enterprise, simply because your interests aren't theirs and when push comes to shove, they'll butcher you for money.
Slack sent a nonprofit hacking club for teens a demand for $50,000, payable within a week, and threatened to delete the club’s message archive if it did not pay.
So they scrambled to save their years of history and knowledge stored there, and moved to Mattermost.
I'm not a big fan of Mattermost myself (as many of you know I'm all about Matrix), but
any piece of self-hosted FOSS is always better, simply because you own your data.
Hack Club learned a very valuable lesson, that I hope everybody (especially governments) understands:
This ordeal has made us think more deeply about entrusting data with external SaaSes and ensuring that we own our data is definitely going to be a very big priority going forward. I’d encourage you to think the same way!
Excellent advice! Leave Big Tech, some things are simply too important to leave to others.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/19/slack_nonprofit_license_hike_threat/#
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