German based LanguageTool sold to US-based learneo Inc.
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"Learneo, Inc., an ambitious new platform of productivity and learning businesses and technologies, today announced its acquisition of German-founded LanguageTool, a multilingual writing platform for English, Spanish, and 30 other languages."
Daniel Naber founded LanguageTool in 2003 as part of his thesis while studying computational linguistics. His vision: to help people communicate in an increasingly global world. Naber spent many years building LanguageTool in his spare time, first as an open source project and later - together with Christopher Blum - as a company. Today, the company has more than 60,000 paying subscribers, including businesses as well as millions of other users, many in Europe and Latin America.
Learneo, Inc, a U.S.-based platform of productivity and learning companies and technologies, today announced the acquisition of Germany-based LanguageTool.
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ack... I should cancel my subscription and demand my money back.
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@RazielKanos said in German based LanguageTool sold to US-based learneo Inc.:
ack... I should cancel my subscription and demand my money back.
Why?
Doesn't seem like anything has actually changed. Still open source, same team etc.
Just because it's now owned by a US company?
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@jdaviescoates said in German based LanguageTool sold to US-based learneo Inc.:
@RazielKanos said in German based LanguageTool sold to US-based learneo Inc.:
ack... I should cancel my subscription and demand my money back.
Why?
Doesn't seem like anything has actually changed. Still open source, same team etc.
Just because it's now owned by a US company?
For one thing, GDPR compliance might (!) just have changed a lot.
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@necrevistonnezr said in German based LanguageTool sold to US-based learneo Inc.:
@jdaviescoates said in German based LanguageTool sold to US-based learneo Inc.:
@RazielKanos said in German based LanguageTool sold to US-based learneo Inc.:
ack... I should cancel my subscription and demand my money back.
Why?
Doesn't seem like anything has actually changed. Still open source, same team etc.
Just because it's now owned by a US company?
For one thing, GDPR compliance might (!) just have changed a lot.
Given their biggest clients are all EU based I doubt that
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I think it will be exciting to see how LanguageTool develops now. But on the other hand, who cares, there are very good spelling tools for the English language. For the German-speaking countries (D-A-CH) there are also very good checking tools for spelling and grammar. If you also want to check style, you should have a look at www.whatimean.com.
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@jdaviescoates
I am just getting tired of the fact that once an EU-based company achieves something, they sell themselves to the USA or China. Both governments are not a single bit trustworthy.And yeah, I prefer to support local companies MUCH more over giving my money to just another US company that gives a shit about everything as long as they can grab as much money as possible...
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@RazielKanos fair enough
