Slowly beginning to use European alternatives for the following. See the list below.

I figured it was a good start to all the new ones around here: Google -> Qwant Apple Music -> Qobuz ChatGPT -> Me Chat Twitter/X -> Mastodon

And of course: Reddit -> Lemmy

I will update this list as I continue 👌🏼

        • ijon_the_human@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 day ago

          Could you expand on the privacy issues you refer to?

          The wikipedia article doesn’t make much sense nor present anything too concerning.

          It also reads like a machine translation so it might be some nuance is simply lost there.

        • Rene Raggl@mastodon.nl
          01·
          1 day ago

          @tatann @hamburgkai What are you referring to? The only thing that this says is that they were not privacy focused from the get-go in 2013 (12 years ago!).

          Also, please don’t use Wikipedia as single point of truth. I could go in there anonymously and write that Qwant is the worlds best search engine for privacy and nothing else compares or that it is the worst thing since the Stasi. Both statements are untrue. Always cross reference and do some further research.

        • nyancatec@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          2 days ago

          So what’s the alternative you suggest then? We’re being fucked on all fronts, privacy doesn’t exist by this point.

          • tatann@lemm.eeEnglish
            1·
            2 days ago

            I don’t think there’s an ideal alternative, I personnally use Startpage right now cause Qwant was removed from the latest Ironfox update.

            I just wanted to point out Qwant had its fair share of privacy issues.

              • tatann@lemm.eeEnglish
                3·
                2 days ago

                "By maintaining its headquarters and operations in the Netherlands, Startpage continues to be protected by Dutch and European Union (EU) privacy laws’

                🤔

                • Rene Raggl@mastodon.nl
                  11·
                  2 days ago

                  @tatann @igiIq Nope, they are not American based… They are based in the Netherlands. They are partially owned by an American Company though. I couldn’t quickly find sources to what percentage.

  • popsyking@feddit.nlEnglish
    2·
    3 days ago

    We really need this. Both qwant and ecosia still use bing under the hood and they are sadly not as good as Google. We should invest in developing an EU search engine

  • Rotluchs@feddit.orgEnglish
    1·
    3 days ago

    Great start! For browser I can recommend Ecosia (Germany; tried it only on mobile) and Vivaldi (Norway).

    • accideath@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      3 days ago

      As they’re both based on chromium, a Google controlled browser, I‘d recommend any Firefox based browser (waterfox, librewolf) instead.

  • OrloNorppa@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    1·
    3 days ago

    For anyone reading, any idea what the music catalogue on Qobuz is compared to Apple/YouTube/Spotify music? I checked out the website and it looks like Qobuz is kinda expensive (I pay 9.99 euros a month for YouTube Premium + YouTube Music so it’s really hard to get rid of it and find a better alternative)