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Blaze@feddit.nl to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 month ago

Useful list of European alternatives to BigTech

proton.me

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Useful list of European alternatives to BigTech

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Blaze@feddit.nl to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 month ago
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Wary of US surveillance? Try these European alternatives to Big Tech | Proton
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Take back control of your digital life with privacy-focused European alternatives to US Big Tech apps and services.
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  • Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caM
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    They mentioned Lemmy, Peertube, Organic Maps, Friendica, /e/ os, Sailfish, Linux Mint, Codeberg, Ecosia, Librewolf, Waterfox, Mastodon, Matrix and Blender!

    They have 100m users, this is a massive shoutout!

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      All excellent recommendations too. Hats off to Proton!

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        It’s good to see they still have it!

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    Recommending /e/ OS for privacy concerns?

    Recommending Mastodon after they ditched it?

    Coming from Proton, with a Trump supporter CEO?

    This list is so unserious.

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      I think we can safely assume that this Blog post was not run by their ceo and simply created by someone at Proton who thought it was a good idea

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    Good list!

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    https://european-alternatives.eu/

    • Blaze@feddit.nlOP
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      They use affiliate marketing: https://european-alternatives.eu/privacy-policy

      https://buy-european.net/en does not and is managed by @[email protected]

      • SexDwarf@lemmy.world
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        Thanks for letting me know!

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    take all my eggs out of one basket to put them all into another?

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      There are plenty of alternatives as stated in the article.

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        but not for the services they are providing

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      Are there any federated email providers then?

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        Email is a federated protocol.

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          at the host level yes, but not at the user level

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            What is that even supposed to mean?

            Yes it is, there are different people using email?

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              What I meant is: you cannot switch a specific email from one provider to another. Only option is for you to change your email address.

              Compare that to say mobile phone numbers: there you have the option to keep your number when switching providers.

              Portability of email is what’s missing.

              edit: typo

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                You totally can. Get your own domain and combine it with whichever email provider you like.

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                  right, I forgot to mention this option. Indeed a possibility

                  it requies some technical knowledge and is not something many people do, probably less than 1%

                  compare that to phone number portability is available automatically to everyone (perhaps dependent on juristriction)

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        Email is THE federated system that is widespread in its use. Hosting a mail server at a host you trust or hosting it yourself has always been possible.

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