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European alternatives for popular services from the USA. This page is far from perfect or complete but just an illustration that there are alternatives.
european-alternatives.eu/alter…
This is also an interesting page with alternatives,
privacyguides.org/en/tools/
#EU #digitalservices #ICT #IT
European alternatives for popular services | European Alternatives
We help you find European alternatives for digital service and products, like cloud services and SaaS products.European Alternatives
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Kerr Avonsen (she/her)
in reply to Regendans • • •Thank you for the link, for two reasons:
1) People are jumping on Proton's CEO without CITATIONS for why they say so
2) This analysis is reassuring, and seems much more plausible than the hysterical assertions that Proton's CEO is a Trump supporter.
Jimjam
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in reply to Regendans • • •Really fascinating and informative work there. Thank you for sharing it here.
Impish4249
in reply to Impish4249 • • •Having read the post, though not every detail of the linked in articles I am rethinking my opinion on Proton. I do wish Yen had not made the pronouncement, or at least had done it differently, perhaps with out the typically pejorative term "Dems" but, as I read through the Medium post I had a bit of déjà vu from a time when an exec in my company chose some words poorly and almost everything we did to put out the fire only seemed to fan the flames.
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in reply to Regendans • • •@regendans @AlbertBorneo It really irritates me how this is framed as "surprising". What would be completely surprising is if there was any substance behind the claim in the first place. I refuse to shift the burden of proof.
Another issue I have is that apparently everything normal has to be called liberal. FFS stop being so damned US centric!
The author has done some good research though.
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in reply to DaveKaz • • •"Gulf of Distraction" = Doing stupid things that will get more attention than the truly awful things.
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in reply to Erik Jonker • • •Stefan Koopmanschap 🇵🇸
in reply to Erik Jonker • • •please be critical of the services on that site. Several are European companies, but still host their services on US cloud services.
Even if the servers are in the EU, if the company itself is US-based, this is still a problem
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in reply to Frank Heijkamp • • •@alterelefant @stefan Here's a USA-free list of computing services: mastodon.au/@Linux/11393674117…
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2025-02-02 22:51:39
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Joe GANIO-MEGO
in reply to Erik Jonker • • •"popular services from the USA."
They are actually from California.
It is a problem that we also have in the stock market. I have never owned stock from the USA. I shorted Exxon once, but it doesn't count.
All my USA stock were actually from California. I am left with a couple of whom I am a day one fan. But I am scared. That guy is a mix of Hoover, W Bush and Der Adolf.
#California
#SmootHawleyTariffAct1930
#smoothawley
#canada
#dax
#cac40
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in reply to Erik Jonker • • •When using this site, make sure service actually uses EU cloud/hosting.
Some of the services there openly use AWS/GCP or a bit more stealthly host their operations (like email/support) with US vendors.
Unfortunately, one has to check to be sure.
Susi
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in reply to Susi • • •@Susibryant
Case by case, I would imagine.
What are you looking for? I am sure Fediverse can recommend service that will help you protect your freedoms and privacy.
Bart Knubben
in reply to Jarek Rozanski ➡️ Wide Angle 📊 • • •It seems that for many entries @european_alternatives uses labels like “EU hosted” or “EFTA hosted” to indicate where a service is hosted. See e.g. european-alternatives.eu/categ…
In case you want to do more checks (e.g. where the business mail of a company that offers a service you are interested in is hosted) hosting-checker.net/, that is built by the same maker, might be useful.
European web analytics services | European Alternatives
European AlternativesRob Waldteufel
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in reply to Erik Jonker • • •I'm trying to get a similar thing off the ground, for #UK specific #services and #platforms.
alternatives-in.uk/
Anyone that has recommendations for 100% UK based options, please let me know.
In the UK
Alternatives in UKthemadhatter
in reply to Erik Jonker • • •there is a bunch of possibilities:
Browser : Chromium/Firefox. Mail client : Thunderbird Mail service : self-hosted (Mailcow). Office software : Collabora Video conference : OpenTalk Desktop OS : Linux. Social : Mastodon Messenger : Matrix/Element Projektmanagement : OpenProject Files : Nextcloud VPN : WireGuard
Objectstore: Minio Etc. Etc. All selfhosted in data centers running on 100% decentralized produced renewables 😎 @collective_zero
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Hi,
Thank you for the link.
#sustainabilily
#obsolence
#ungoogle
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in reply to Erik Jonker • • •Thank you for sharing this valuable information. I have to look for a free email service which can also give me at least 15 GB of free space, free as in free forever; I haven't seen that yet on the list...
#Google #Alphabet #alternative #Gmail #freeMail
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in reply to Erik Jonker • • •There is also a Lemmy-Community around this topic:
feddit.org/c/buyfromeu
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in reply to Erik Jonker • • •Nice. And what are the EU alternatives to US computers?
I would like to de-US-ify everything in my computer life, both academic and personal.
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in reply to Erik Jonker • • •But made according to US specifications, particularly Microsoft (starting with the BIOS or the newer variants) and Apple computers.
Which provider offers a Linux-compatible computer without any piece of US interference? None, as far as I know. Even the (non-Apple) ARM computers have US crap built-in, before you install Linux.
Erik Jonker
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in reply to Erik Jonker • • •I've just mentioned this problem to my 15-year old son, and he answered "there is coreboot" and gave me this link:
coreboot.org/
I haven't studied the link.
But there is something.
coreboot
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in reply to Djembro, RO, supports 🇺🇦🇬🇪 • •I use Nextcloud. It’s free and open source. You can run it on your own server at home, but I pay a small fee for a provider in the UK (around 4 euros per month, though there’s an even cheaper plan). The provider ensures everything stays up to date. Plus, you can choose where your server is located (for me: in Europe), and it runs on 100% green energy. I’m very, very impressed with this Google Docs alternative and highly recommend it.
No technical skills needed!
nextfiles.one/UK/
#nextcloud #nextfiles #alternative #google #office
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Pait
in reply to Erik Jonker • • •Useful!
Even if you are in the US, or actually specially in the US.