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Digital sovereignty concern: American companies buying Dutch cloud hosting company
Digital sovereignty concern: American companies buying Dutch cloud hosting company
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
@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/
I’m still amused by the fact that a Swedish brand—owned by a Chinese company—is literally tearing down the East White House.
Nothing says “America First” quite like that little plot twist.
via @cryptadamist
@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.
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
What are some good european Bookwyrm instances to replace american Good Reads?
cross-posted from: feddit.uk/post/36073569
We must reduce our reliance on Jeff Bezos
We have made Microsoft’s commitments on Teams legally binding under EU antitrust rules.
Microsoft will unbundle Teams at lower prices, boost interoperability and data portability.
This means more choice for users, and fair competition ensured in Europe.
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.
What are some good european Bookwyrm instances to replace american Good Reads?
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
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
Any fitness trackers not sending my health data to the USA?
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.
Any fitness trackers not sending my health data to the USA?
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. 👇🏻
#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. 👇🏻
#Qwant #hakukone #yksityisyys #eurooppalainen#BuyFromEU #tietoturva
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