Live data from Hacker News

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

only-eu.eu

41–50 of 178 posts

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

#43
post #32

It's so funny to see all of these websites generated by American LLMs hosted on American clouds. Footer "Made in Europe" needs a change to "Prompted in Europe", a la Apple's "Designed in California". I'm a big proponent _and practitioner_ of moving away from US-controlled services. I urge people to do so at any opportunity I get and have already moved many things over. Any new project I undertake uses non-US services…

> If you want to actually be helpful, contribute to any of the 50 websites about the exact same concept that have been posted on HN over the last year.

The goal here is to earn on affiliate links.

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

#44
post #40
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…

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!

thank you, if you notice any problems, don't hesitate to create an issue on github or contact me :)

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

#47
post #34
post #23

Home page boldly claims: EuRopE dOeS iT BeTtEr. There is literally a story trending on HN right now: Proton built Proton Meet to escape the CLOUD Act. They built it on CLOUD Act infrastructure. Their website promises "not even government agencies" can access your calls. The company routing them hands your call records to the government when asked. Proton hid them from their privacy policy. This superiority complex ne…

I first learned when reading about Steve Jobs, how the Japanese never use "quality" in their advertising. Yet people still view(ed, at least) Japanese manufactured goods as superior quality. It turns out people don't judge quality based on what you tell them but based on their experience. All this to say: I wouldn't stress about it too much. In the consumer space the best usually does win, and people will simply vote…

> In the consumer space the best usually does win

It was like this with capitalism. But we live in an era of Technofeudalism, where it's not the case anymore.

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

#49
I find it somewhat odd that "European software/servers" has taken off for what is clearly political purposes, but without any clear definition of what "Europe" even means. How can you claim that "Made in Europe has stood for top quality and durability" if "Europe" is defined based on current political allegiance, not geography?

In fact, the domain "only-eu.eu" and the title, "European" are contradictory. Belarus and most population of Russia are unquestionable European, but not EU and clearly not something the author of this website would endorse.

For that matter, Hungary is both Europe and EU, but very likely not politically favorable by the author either. Does that make it not count as buying EU? On the other hand, I assume you support buying from Iceland and Norway, which are not EU (but are EEA and politically aligned). And of course, the biggest question is whether or not the UK counts as "buying European" -- it is not EU and arguably anti-EU but geographically European and aligned in being anti-Russia.

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

#50
post #33
post #23

Home page boldly claims: EuRopE dOeS iT BeTtEr. There is literally a story trending on HN right now: Proton built Proton Meet to escape the CLOUD Act. They built it on CLOUD Act infrastructure. Their website promises "not even government agencies" can access your calls. The company routing them hands your call records to the government when asked. Proton hid them from their privacy policy. This superiority complex ne…

> Home page boldly claims: EuRopE dOeS iT BeTtEr. That's a marketing slogan, not anything that is in the culture. > This superiority complex needs to stop. It exists in the US, though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americanism_(ideology)

the difference is that one of them is actually justified!
Post reply on HN