Don't get locked out of your data! Open Standards are essential for freedom and privacy
Do you "own" your data? What happens if you're using a piece of software and save your work in the software's own format, and then the software stops working a few years down the line? You're in trouble. This isn't just a hypothetical situation – it happens all the time. Various stakeholders try to exploit users by offering apps or communication services that use proprietary data formats to lock users into their software, hardware and services.
This is exactly why I use Inkscape. I experienced this over 20 years ago with a piece of software where the company eventualy went bankrupt. The software worked for a few more years until WIndows no longer supported it. I was fortunate enough to get my assets into Corel then discovered Inkscape in 2012.
Inkscape Project News, Announcements It's Document Freedom Day!
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Wishing everyone a happy Document Freedom Day! 🕊️
We are celebrating free digital document standards today, like ODF or Inkscape's native SVG file format.
Learn more at
https://digitalfreedoms.org/dfd
-- The Inkscape Team (via Inkscape Vectors)
This is exactly why I use Inkscape. I experienced this over 20 years ago with a piece of software where the company eventualy went bankrupt. The software worked for a few more years until WIndows no longer supported it. I was fortunate enough to get my assets into Corel then discovered Inkscape in 2012.