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Re: Go European: Discover European products and services

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Post by albertgoeswoof »

matt-p wrote: post #171
albertgoeswoof wrote: post #160

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Our infra is split across France (our API, database, inbound servers etc.), Germany (backups) and UK (outbound SMTP servers). Unfortunately we haven't seen enough demand in the UK to set up a UK only infra (nor are there any UK cloud providers that would work for us?)

That's a shame. There are many UK cloud providers, who would work - what do you need, I'd be happy to make suggestions?

Containers IaaS, plus managed Postgres. So far I’ve only found UK hosts that do VPS, VMs, or bare metal- the abstraction above this is (heroku, fly.io etc.) makes Ops 10x easier for smaller companies

Re: Go European: Discover European products and services

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Post by Galatians4_16 »

Geenkaas wrote: post #7

This is such a shame, we should be looking to source and produce things globally and find better ways to improve the logistics and efficiency world-wide. Why would the EU take such a protective stance which only enforces isolation and increases cost? Edit: Thanks for the responses, I am still looking for a signal that tells my post is sarcasm multiplied by cynicism.

Try ending sarcasm with /s

Re: Go European: Discover European products and services

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Post by drkrab »

h1fra wrote: post #38

I'm always sad that very successful European companies got fully incorporated in the US: datadog, algolia, dataiku, dashlane, etc. Also it seems to be missing some techs company: pigment, aircall, contentsquare (but not sure if it's a mistake)

Unfortunately that’s the case because large US-based companies can leverage their existing global sales / marketing / governance setup to rationalize very high exit valuations. In the EU we don’t have the large software shops that can do that. So for an EU based startup - it’s exit to a US-based company or go all the way to an IPO / profitability.

Re: Go European: Discover European products and services

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Post by pnut »

kergonath wrote: post #80
microtonal wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I know that it's not in the cards (yet), but I hope the UK and the EU can be a single market again (even if the UK does not rejoin the EU). Let's make our market as large and attractive as possible! We love the UK and you are part of the European family :hugs:.

> Let's make our market as large and attractive as possible! That would be the rational and sensible solution. This may be why it’s unlikely to happen. I would be happy to be wrong.

Labour party manifesto explained in this fresh (5 days old), official document.

It also includes context about ongoing emergency EU security meetings and the Trump administration.

No single market, no freedom of movement, unfortunately.

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-...

Re: Go European: Discover European products and services

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Post by cpach »

paganel wrote: post #90

Is there any European alternative for Hacker News? And if yes, what's its URL/web address? Preferable in French or Italian, or maybe even German, which I wanted to learn for a long time and this would be a good enough motivation, because, and with all due respect to the Irish, having a continent-wide conversation in a language natively spoken by only ~5 million of its own people is not very conductive to the forming…

I have lots of tech conversations in my native tongue. But they don’t happen on webforums, they happen in (semi-private) chat rooms.

Re: Go European: Discover European products and services

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Post by jeroenhd »

tdrz wrote: post #107

I'm looking for a European alternative to Visa/Mastercard that works across countries, not just in one country. I know there's this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Payments_Initiative but I believe it's not operational atm.

I don't think there's such a thing yet for payment terminals. Local alternatives all seem to have died off because banks in other countries didn't support them.

I hope the new attempt you linked will make a difference. This time, international support seems to be at the basis of the system. Widespread integration of a unified form of iDeal/Bancontact/Payconiq could easily replace the need for American style credit card forms across Europe.

Re: Go European: Discover European products and services

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Post by zkid18 »

mertbio wrote: post #3

If you are advocating for European products, I would expect you to use Plausible or similar products instead of Google Analytics. This would allow you to avoid displaying the cookie banner.

folks mess "cookie banner" with "consent banner". many people do conflate them, but in some jurisdictions (e.g., the EU under GDPR), a "cookie banner" typically includes a consent mechanism.

if you're tracking users for analytics using cookies, fingerprinting, or any other method that identifies them (even probabilistically), you generally need explicit consent under GDPR and similar privacy laws. The key point is that it's not just about cookies; any persistent tracking requires consent.

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