💸 public money may not be spent on Motorola or HP products

Motorola and Hewlett Packard directly contribute to the IDF. That makes them ethically controversial (amid countless other nefarious things they do). A large portion of the population supports Palestine morally.

Microsoft /should/ be targetted as well because they finance Anyvision (facial recognition used against Palestinians). But it’s a more indirect detriment and ditching MS requires competency that governments lack.

So new rule: public libraries and government agencies must go through some serious red tape if they want to procure Motorola or HP products. They must prove that there is no viable alternative.

Public libraries and gov agencies must declare every Microsoft product they use in a central database along with rationale. This will be reviewed for opportunities to reduce MS patronage.