@Mer__edith Thank you for the explanation. I support Signal.

This situation shows that more people should support EU companies whenever possible, rather than large corporations. We need alternatives for various services and must take small steps in this direction https://european-alternatives.eu/

#BuyFromEU #signal #AWS

@pallenberg @cryptadamist
Wegen dem ganzen Hin und Her zwischen USA, Russland, China blickt man irgendwann nicht mehr durch.

Die einzige Lösung für alle diese Probleme ist #buyfromeu #buyeuropean das Europa sich auf sich selbst besinnt und mit der EU auf Augenhöhe mitmischt, gerne mit UK/Commonwealth, Canada.

Das heißt aber auch wie in China, kein Ankauf von Eigentum und Unternehmen durch USA, Russland, China, allenfalls joint venture.

#Volvo #Geely #MAGA #whitehouse #USA #trump #meme

I just sponsored @joplinapp Go sponsor your open source dependencies!

https://github.com/sponsors/laurent22?sp=GPrimola

#FOSS #NoteTaking #JoplinNotes #GoEuropean #AlternativeTo #Apple #BuyFromEU #Notes #OpenSource #MineIsYours

@goeuropean
@european_alternatives
@ueeu

cross-posted from: feddit.uk/post/36073569

We must reduce our reliance on Jeff Bezos

What about #buyeuropean #buyfromeu #buyfoss?

With our big economy we should support and focus on European solutions.

European companies don't export data and underlay European law.
That are jobs, taxes from companies and workers remaining in Europe.

cross-posted from: feddit.uk/post/36073569

We must reduce our reliance on Jeff Bezos

Europe Can Build Its Own Social Media
by Sebastian Vogelsang

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/europe-can-build-own-social-media-on-at-protocol-by-sebastian-vogelsang-2025-07
#EuropeanAlternatives#BuyFromEU#BuyEuropean#SocialMedia

"Ignore the noise.
This is the real Europe.
Welcome to Europe.
Birthplace of industry.
Home of frontier tech."

Video source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_tWbrvd3E0

Description:
" “AC this, wash dryer that, US woohoo, EU boohoo” - Why are we eating this brand-warfare from the outside about us up?

Europe has the strongest precision manufacturing in the world, we have leading teams in AI, CV, robotics. Europe is a leader in Automation and Frontier Tech!

Not a single NVIDIA chip could be produced without European machines. Not a single American cloud, robotics, or deep-tech firm would operate without European manufacturing or suppliers.

But we are too humble. Brainwashed to never celebrate Europe. By outsiders and our local politicians.

Time for a change.

Europe is the birthplace of industrialization.
The home of frontier tech.

Time, we act like it.

Welcome to the real Europe! 🔥🇪🇺"

by Andreas Klinger
Check out his channel: https://www.youtube.com/@prototypecap

#BuyEuropean#BuyFromEU#EuropeanAlternatives#Europe#EuAcc

Europeans seek 'digital sovereignty' as US tech firms embrace Trump

Here are some stats from the article:

"Use in Europe of Swiss-based ProtonMail rose 11.7% year-on-year to March compared to a year ago, according to Similarweb, while use of Alphabet's Gmail, which has some 70% of the global email market, slipped 1.9%.

Similarweb data shows the number of queries directed to Ecosia from the European Union has risen 27% year-on-year and the company says it has 1% of the German search engine market.

Signal, a messaging app run by a U.S. nonprofit foundation, has also seen a surge in installations from Europe. Similarweb's data showed a 7% month-on-month increase in Signal usage in March, while use of Meta's WhatsApp was static."

It would be nice to have more growth statistics from 6 months after the BuyFromEU movement gained momentum. 🙂

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/europeans-seek-digital-sovereignty-us-tech-firms-embrace-trump-2025-06-21
#BuyFromEU#BuyFromEU#EuropeanAlternatives

Mistral AI 🇫🇷 et le Luxembourg 🇱🇺 concluent un partenariat stratégique

"Ce partenariat est une étape cruciale dans notre stratégie pour faire du Luxembourg un leader mondial dans l'économie de la souveraineté des données. Une intelligence artificielle à l'européenne, avec une touche luxembourgeoise."

https://gouvernement.lu/fr/gouvernement/delles-lex/actualites.gouvernement2024%2Bfr%2Bactualites%2Btoutes_actualites%2Bcommuniques%2B2025%2B06-juin%2B17-frieden-mistral-ai.html
#Mistral#EuropeanAlternatives#BuyFromEU#Luxembourg

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/33995436

I am looking for a good fitness tracker to start doing cardio in a more measured way.

I was interested in Polar and Oura as EU alternatives (both Finnish companies), but both send data (health data, which is sensitive according to Article 9 of the GDPR) to AWS.

Are you aware of any EU solutions, or at least non-US, Chinese, Russian, or Israeli solutions, that do not send my data to companies in those countries?

I would like to be able to organize something self-hosted, but I don’t think I’m capable of doing that yet.

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/33995436

I am looking for a good fitness tracker to start doing cardio in a more measured way.

I was interested in Polar and Oura as EU alternatives (both Finnish companies), but both send data (health data, which is sensitive according to Article 9 of the GDPR) to AWS.

Are you aware of any EU solutions, or at least non-US, Chinese, Russian, or Israeli solutions, that do not send my data to companies in those countries?

I would like to be able to organize something self-hosted, but I don’t think I’m capable of doing that yet.

I am a huge fan of the #BuyFromEU movement! So far, I've ditched a lot of US stuff already, including Microsoft, Dropbox, 1Password, Notion, Grammarly, Amazon, Slack, and Google.

This helped a lot: https://european-alternatives.eu

Google on ollut hakukoneiden kiistaton kuningas, mutta sen laatu on viime vuodet heikentynyt. Mutta sille on tarjolla on eurooppalainen vaihtoehto, joka toimii yllättävän hyvin! Tällä videolla näytän, miten Qwant-hakukone toimii, millaisia tuloksia se antaa ja miten sen saa helposti selaimen oletushakukoneeksi. 👇🏻

https://youtu.be/nOhEhdMmgas

#Qwant #hakukone #yksityisyys #eurooppalainen#BuyFromEU #tietoturva

Google on ollut hakukoneiden kiistaton kuningas, mutta sen laatu on viime vuodet heikentynyt. Mutta sille on tarjolla on eurooppalainen vaihtoehto, joka toimii yllättävän hyvin! Tällä videolla näytän, miten Qwant-hakukone toimii, millaisia tuloksia se antaa ja miten sen saa helposti selaimen oletushakukoneeksi. 👇🏻

https://youtu.be/nOhEhdMmgas

#Qwant #hakukone #yksityisyys #eurooppalainen#BuyFromEU #tietoturva

I am a huge fan of the #BuyFromEU movement! So far, I've ditched a lot of US stuff already, including Microsoft, Dropbox, 1Password, Notion, Grammarly, Amazon, Slack, and Google.

This helped a lot: https://european-alternatives.eu

Insightful interview with Domagoj Boljar, co-founder of Croatia-based Earthbound eco sneakers (formerly Miret), talking about the challenges in the development and financing of sustainable footwear.

https://online.pubhtml5.com/aibts/tscp/

"We saw brands trying to use recycled materials, like recycled plastics, PET bottles, ocean plastics, etc. We saw this approach of using recycled materials as a moral hazard, which would exacerbate the problem by making people feel it's okay to create waste through their lifestyles, since someone else would take this waste and turn it into a useful product."
[...]
"This is not true, because only a small fraction of the waste we produce - and the plastic we produce and discard - can ultimately be used as raw material for new products. Most of it is 'forever plastic'. We decided to follow the only path we thought feasible, and that's nature's way."
[...]
"[W]e produce biodegradable sneakers, if left in nature, they will gradually decompose."

#Sustainability#EcoFriendly #buyeuropean#BuyFromEU

Insightful interview with Domagoj Boljar, co-founder of Croatia-based Earthbound eco sneakers (formerly Miret), talking about the challenges in the development and financing of sustainable footwear.

https://online.pubhtml5.com/aibts/tscp/

"We saw brands trying to use recycled materials, like recycled plastics, PET bottles, ocean plastics, etc. We saw this approach of using recycled materials as a moral hazard, which would exacerbate the problem by making people feel it's okay to create waste through their lifestyles, since someone else would take this waste and turn it into a useful product."
[...]
"This is not true, because only a small fraction of the waste we produce - and the plastic we produce and discard - can ultimately be used as raw material for new products. Most of it is 'forever plastic'. We decided to follow the only path we thought feasible, and that's nature's way."
[...]
"[W]e produce biodegradable sneakers, if left in nature, they will gradually decompose."

#Sustainability#EcoFriendly #buyeuropean#BuyFromEU