I’m not sure Munich can be regarded as a failure. MS corrupted the test case in every way they could. They couldn’t afford it to be seen as successful.
https://itsfoss.com/munich-linux-failure/
Now it’s not just cost but American can be seen as a reliable partner. Let anyone an American corporation.
That is how they want everyone to feel so there isn’t much fight back. However, I think if there was, and the gloves came off, it may also split Republicans and even Trumpers.
Big US Corp is in bed with money and power. Right now, that means MAGA and that does mean fascism & Zionists. The tech itself can be ok. Though WhatsApp/Facebook isn’t.
Capitalism doesn’t have to be anti-collective. Under a working legal system, the “Tragedy of the Commons” can be stopped. No country has pure capitalism. Everywhere regulates it. Yes, some of it falls to regulatory capture, but not all, and that waxes and wanes.
Same here in UK. So many people think of it like email. A universal communication system. They can’t see the problem with it being a single, closed, for profit, provider. Now Meta feels people are locked in, they will be finding out. But they still won’t see the problem until it ratcheted to really bad. Like frogs in boiling water.
Poor researched articles is normal. Real journalism is rare. You said Munich was a failure and that really isn’t true if MS had to work so hard to squash it.