I haven't been invited to Online Educa Berlin (OEB) for a few years now (not since my disastrous 'gRSShopper in a Box' workshop) but if I were I would still attend even if they are sponsored by Proctorio. Why? Well, Proctorio is just one of many companies whose practices I oppose. I've attended conferences sponsored by Apple, Blackboard and Microsoft even while very opposed to their business practices of the day. So why would I announce a boycott of a conference I wasn't planning to attend anyway? No, what I do instead is attend the conference and then harangue them at their booth, or in their presentations, or in my presentation, about what they are doing. Yes, it gives me a reputation of being unpleasant, but I think it's far more effective to register my objection by doing something than by doing nothing.
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