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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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Can't we just use claude desktop / cli to generate an invoice. In my experience if you provide some skills and access to some data it can generate pretty consistent invoices. No other tools needed at all.

My clients love non-deterministic invoices.

lol, exactly xd

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

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Going to school helps.

No, I agree with him. Everyone knows Russia has territory inside Europe. Does that make it European? Post-Ukraine not a lot of people would call it European. It's just a word at the end of the day, the politics are more important to people that geography since both are made up. Why does Europe end at the Ural mountains? Because we said so.

Why is Europe a separate continent? Its one big land mass.

Show the world map to a child and one would have a difficult time explaining the idea of continents when they finally come to Europe and Asia.

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

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this looks like it was vibe coded using an american llm also, why not chinese or indian alternatives? they're cheaper and oftentime work better

> why not chinese or indian alternatives?

Because neither China nor India are European. Feel free to make your own vibe coded site with Chinese and Indian alternatives.

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

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With Ubuntu, Suse and Zorin as OSs. Linux kernel is developed in US, FSF is in US...

In what way is Linux kernel "developed in the US"?

Most Linux kernel development is done by people affiliated with US companies, often by employees on company time. Linus moved to the US a long time ago, and the Linux Foundation is based in the US.

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

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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.

A 3 hour old HN account btw.

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

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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…

This is very good, because billing the EU is quite strict, and having someone get the format right for me is super useful :) I just made my own invoice generator using a json spec and a HTML -> PDF pipeline that wasn't so simple to get going. I might use this!

> This is very good, because billing the EU is quite strict, and having someone get the format right for me is super useful :)

Is it? In my (EU) country there is basically a list of things the invoice must show, without any strict template, even if they converge on very similar designs in the end. Basically to allow branding and alleviate physical -> digital transition struggles.

In the beginning the most popular "invoicing" software was Excel :D

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

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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.

If this site actually provided privacy-preserving recommendations, there are many of us in the U.S. who would (or should?) also be interested in these services. Sadly, this is SPAM.

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

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Can't we just use claude desktop / cli to generate an invoice. In my experience if you provide some skills and access to some data it can generate pretty consistent invoices. No other tools needed at all.

My clients love non-deterministic invoices.

But if they use "AI" to approve them, you can pray that your "AI" generates an invoice for 100x the amount owed and their "AI" pays!
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