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European alternatives to Google, Apple, Dropbox and 120 US apps

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Re: European alternatives to Google, Apple, Dropbox and 120 US apps

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Post by bee_rider »

iainmerrick wrote: post #105
xixixao wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you were just a little bit serious you wouldn’t be discussing this on a site run by Y-Combinator! (the “angry” comments are so tiring)

They’re pointing out the hypocrisy in this website. The comment itself isn’t hypocritical as they haven’t taken a stance on US versus EU services.

They didn’t explicitly point to hypocrisy as the thing that makes it “unserious.” Actually I think a lot of serious projects are a little bit hypocritical, a little bit of hypocrisy is often the cost of contact with reality.

In this case it isn’t even clear where the hypocrisy comes from, though. It’s a service for looking up other services. Does it even handle any PII?

Re: European alternatives to Google, Apple, Dropbox and 120 US apps

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Post by vldszn »

reddalo wrote: post #118
vldszn wrote: post #22

I’m working on a free and open-source invoice generator: https://easyinvoicepdf.com - No sign-up, works entirely in-browser - Live PDF preview + instant download - VAT EU support - Shareable invoice links - Multi-language (10+) & multi-currency (100+) - Multiple templates (incl. Stripe-style) - Mobile-friendly - QR code support GitHub: https://github.com/VladSez/easy-invoice-pdf Would love feedback, contributions, or…

Don't forget that Italy has mandatory e-invoicing in their own strange XML format. :(

Thanks for the heads up. Will try to add support for this format as well.

Starting in April 2026, e-invoices are mandatory in Poland, that’s why I’m rushing to add support now =)

Re: European alternatives to Google, Apple, Dropbox and 120 US apps

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Post by PurpleRamen »

outsidein wrote: post #36

The affiliate information shows that it the website shows mostly / only affiliate offers, and omits (intentionally?) much better a lternatives like posteo.de for email. Listed vendors like OVHcloud must follow the US cloud act, so not really independent from US. Just advertising, no real privacy focused.

Maybe it was added in the meanwhile, but I see Posteo under email. Also, disputable if Posteo is really better, as it highly depend on your requirements. I dismissed it for some reason when choosing and went with mailbox.org, which is also listed.

The information is also not stating that all links are affiliate, just that the site does contain them and some might make them money.

Re: European alternatives to Google, Apple, Dropbox and 120 US apps

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Post by [deleted] »

snakeboy wrote: post #114
petcat wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's all performative anyway. > Europe does it Better. > Europe does it Safer. > Europe does it Greener. > Europe does it Fairer. > Europe does it Private. > Europe does it Stronger. Unfortunately I think it's mostly just a meme at this point.

I don't need any of these statements to be true to want to divest from a US monopoly on essential software. It's about decentralization, always has been.

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Re: European alternatives to Google, Apple, Dropbox and 120 US apps

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Post by rednafi »

Europe doesn’t do software better - not because it can’t, but because it can’t afford to drop the GDP of a country to build a single app like some of its US counterparts can.

It might feel performative to some people, but Europe just doesn’t trust the US, and arguably shouldn’t. So it’s not about demonstrating superiority in software, but rather showing that there are alternatives you can choose if you want to.

Re: European alternatives to Google, Apple, Dropbox and 120 US apps

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Post by mhitza »

hk__2 wrote: post #71
madman_dev wrote: post #2

Hi HN, I built only-eu.eu, a curated bilingual (DE/EN) directory of European alternatives to common US software and services. Motivation: The CLOUD Act creates a structural difference between US and European cloud providers that's separate from GDPR. European companies can't be compelled by US federal courts to hand over data regardless of server location. For companies and individuals who care about this, finding ve…

1. Why not use https://european-alternatives.eu/ ? 2. Why use Cloudflare, a US company?

For 1) from a recent HN thread it seems that the developer is unreachable, and new entries cannot be made to that website.
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