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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 combocosmo »

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…

Can you make some of my repeating settings savable? If I have to send invoices to 5 clients I'd prefer to not have to fill in the same stuff over and over again!

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

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Post by Boltgolt »

int3 wrote: post #50
palata wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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!

For a specific group of people in the world anything but "USA nr1" is hard to image, I understand. Can the nuanced take be: Europe does it better sometimes? Not the best slogan but you're not in marketing

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

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Post by dj_mc_merlin »

hulitu wrote: post #85
cromka wrote: post #64

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Russia is definitely not unquestionably European.

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.

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

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Post by stingraycharles »

hk__2 wrote: post #75
reconnecting wrote: post #51

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Domain is registered 23 March 2026. This is not a real product, with zero effort put into it.

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.

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

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Post by thfuran »

holoduke wrote: post #69
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…

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.

Why would you knowingly generate invoices that are sometimes wrong? That’s probably illegal and certainly going to be a pain in the ass. Why make a critical business function dependent of the availability of an external service when you could easily do it locally?

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

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Post by vldszn »

combocosmo wrote: post #91
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…

Can you make some of my repeating settings savable? If I have to send invoices to 5 clients I'd prefer to not have to fill in the same stuff over and over again!

You can save seller/buyer info by clicking "Save Seller/Buyer" button. A dropdown will then appear, allowing you to switch between them. I’ll consider adding the same functionality for invoice line items.

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

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Post by broken-kebab »

I think we have enough petty chauvinisms, there's no need to breed an EU variety. Europe does it better? Dunno, European gov'ts are full of ideas about backdooring, with one of those failing by just one vote recently.

Also the website is impractical, it simply groups brands vs brands without much detail.

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

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Post by xixixao »

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.

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)

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

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Post by efilife »

xixixao wrote: post #99
stingraycharles wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

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)

But he doesn't advocate for US alternatives here?
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