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

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Post by deaux »

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.

This post needs to be flagged, this is pure affiliate spam and not at all what HN is meant for. Doubt the guy is even European at this point. An email @ dang wouldn't be out of place either for anyone with the time.

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

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Post by shevy-java »

I can not say whether the shown alternatives are qualitatively useful or not, but I am mighty tired of the orange demented mafia currently running the USA. It is now clear to everyone that the clown on top is not the true "leader"; the decision-making process is clearly done by other people, just as there are others who write his fake speeches now. Dementia revealed that problem. No european money should help fuel this insanity from that Epstein cronie any longer. That Epstein network also must be much deeper than what is already known.

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

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Post by shevy-java »

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.

Good point. Nonetheless alternatives are needed.

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

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Post by unnervingduck »

MidnightRider39 wrote: post #102
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.

Posteo is really good - switched there years ago from gmail and never looked back.

I was looking into Posteo a while back but was turned off by the recycling of addresses. After leaving the service it's available to anyone after a fixed time.

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

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Post by piokoch »

So, I've looked on alternatives to iPhone. The "little" problem is that if I use online banking in Europe I will not be able to use most of them as a bank required 2FA.

Another funny thing is that they offer as an alternatives China produced phones (most "Nokia" models that does not have anything to do with original Nokia brand), as if supporting Xi regime was somehow better than buying in USA.

LibeOffice as a replacement for Office365 only shows that the site authors does not know what is Office365.

Vivaldi is great, I am using it, but it is built on Chromium, which is definitely not an European thingy...

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

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Post by hk__2 »

stingraycharles wrote: post #95
hk__2 wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The domain registration date doesn’t tell anything about the amount of effort put in it. I usually register the domains of my side-projects only when I’m at 80% done; otherwise I would buy dozens of domains I would never use.

The website uses Cloudflare for hosting. If they were just even a little bit serious, they wouldn’t have used a US provider for hosting.

Sure, but I was not talking about that.

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

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Post by mystraline »

This is just trading one shitty government for another's. And it doesnt account for data sharing agreements, or even 5-Eyes.

The best way to secure yourself is to find countries that are in opposition to your home country. Example: if you're in the USA, its going to be Russia and China.

Now, find cloud providers in China. Oh wait, Alibaba. Theyre cheap and great.

And, you use THEIR services. It'll be held to Chinese data standards and law. Keep that in mind. But, they likely won't give data to the USA, nor will they enforce USA law.

It does mean the Chinese can see your data. Thankfully, the CCP cannot arrest you over potentially naughty data, unless you show up in China. Same cannot be said if the US gov saw data on USA cloud systems.

And curiously, you can pay at any CVS drugstore to AliPay.

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

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Post by roelschroeven »

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. :(

Does Italy use Peppol, or something home-grown?
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