Post Anw8bbxtSTjqqDLp8S by niqwithq@fosstodon.org
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(DIR) Post #AntohnPJRUq2fOvaUK by stfn@fosstodon.org
2024-11-10T12:12:58Z
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This webpage lists the European alternatives for digital service and products. I am sure in the near future we will need those very much, as the US becomes hostile towards European ideas of freedom and privacy.https://european-alternatives.eu/thanks @djvdq for sharing it with me.
(DIR) Post #Antqp5SGwJqqZmutDU by proactiveservices@fosstodon.org
2024-11-10T12:36:43Z
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@stfn "becomes hostile"? It always has been and I don't see anything changing any time soon.
(DIR) Post #AntqsOq7KBjTZ6eKLQ by stfn@fosstodon.org
2024-11-10T12:37:19Z
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@proactiveservices ok, "more hostile than it used to"
(DIR) Post #Antqw3jZjiNZGYKoAC by proactiveservices@fosstodon.org
2024-11-10T12:37:59Z
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@stfn I hadn't realised that any new policies were being considered to make it any more data/privacy hostile.
(DIR) Post #Antqz1Bve8nKFU0XGS by stfn@fosstodon.org
2024-11-10T12:38:31Z
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@proactiveservices https://fosstodon.org/@8petros@petroskowo.pl/113455750870462004
(DIR) Post #AntrBjopY4808KGjIm by proactiveservices@fosstodon.org
2024-11-10T12:40:49Z
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@stfn I still don't see anything there that reinforces the notion. A single US slurm midden is going to just keep...being the shithole that is already is?
(DIR) Post #Ants9SFQ0T3l0pBEi8 by stfn@fosstodon.org
2024-11-10T12:51:37Z
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@proactiveservices I'm just afraid that with the newest elections, things will only get worse
(DIR) Post #AntsCaaNSj61k0TiJU by proactiveservices@fosstodon.org
2024-11-10T12:52:11Z
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@stfn It definitely seems like the right time to start looking at making defensive changes.
(DIR) Post #AntsE1TMyzNBQ2ssFM by stfn@fosstodon.org
2024-11-10T12:52:25Z
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@proactiveservices yep
(DIR) Post #Anw8bbxtSTjqqDLp8S by niqwithq@fosstodon.org
2024-11-11T15:05:22Z
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@stfn @djvdq Thanks for sharing this. Are you using a lot of European alternatives? When I look at my own homescreen of my phone, I can see a lot of US software, other than Spotify (Swedish), my notes app Bear (maybe Italian?), my banking app N26 (German) and some news apps from Austria.
(DIR) Post #AnxctJCp8Px7ejeJrE by djvdq@mastodon.social
2024-11-11T18:24:12Z
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@niqwithq @stfn I’m differentiating American closed-source for-profit software from open-source software. So I use American password manager (Bitwarden) but only because it’s open source. If they would close the source, I will switch in a minute. Same with Firefox, I’d switch if it’d get shady. So for me Bitwarden, Firefox, Signal, etc. are perfectly ok. Also if the data are encrypted (like in iOS and icloud) then I can accept it, if I have to.
(DIR) Post #AnxctKiPWSoUKzR3jM by djvdq@mastodon.social
2024-11-11T18:28:06Z
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@niqwithq @stfn But in general, I’m using those alternatives almost exclusively. There are just a few exceptions where I’m using those American for-profit ones, but sometimes simply because I can’t switch them (like WhatsApp) just because everyone else I want to communicate with is also using it. Or simply because there is no real alternative to it (like LinkedIn). I also use iOS and its stock apps, so it’s American, but the alternative is Google, so also American
(DIR) Post #AnxctLjriXZTVn7jdY by djvdq@mastodon.social
2024-11-11T18:47:11Z
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@niqwithq @stfn Notes - Apple Notes (stock) and Logseq (OSS)Car navigation - Naviexpert (Polish)Maps - OpenStreetMap (OSS)Music - Spotify (Swedish)Browser - Firefox (OSS) on 💻, Safari on 📱(stock)Banking - IKO (from my Polish bank)Code version control - Codeberg (German, OSS)Vacuum cleaner - tefal (French)Mail - icloud (American, I’m considering switching)Photos - icloud (stock) & self-hosted immich (OSS)From the top of my head, definitely not everything.
(DIR) Post #Ao0JkSy49gntffhEUi by hllizi@hespere.de
2024-11-13T15:29:04Z
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@stfn @djvdq so does Europe, an has been doing for a long time. Still, good to know.