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Nov 24, 2021 · Information Security

How Parents Built an Open‑Source School App to Beat a $117M Failure

Swedish parents, frustrated by the costly and unusable official Skolplattformen app, reverse‑engineered its API and released the open‑source Öppna Skolplattformen, sparking legal battles, privacy debates, and a community‑driven alternative that now serves thousands of families.