How about we simply use open source software in schools instead of supporting Microsoft in its virtual monopoly, spending unnecessary amounts of money on it and also exposing children to tracking?

It certainly wouldn’t hurt digital sovereignty in Europe and would at least show the next generation that there are alternatives. It has been known for years that Microsoft and Google want to get into schools to bind the next generation to their ecosystem.

(Of course this is still a „small“ win)

I am from Germany and basically anyone I know pays with Apple and Google Pay on a daily basis. We do have the German “Girocard”, which is similar to a Mastercard/Visa Debit, but the biggest bank in Germany also supports Apple Pay with that card.