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Gabriel N<p>PSA, you can now change the default translation app in iOS thus finally giving you the ability to translate highlighted text also in the languages Apple has not bothered with.</p><p>Also an opportunity to <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/EUAlternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EUAlternatives</span></a> if you switch to DeepL , which is the only app I've found so far that supports being the default translation app, maybe <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@ueeu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ueeu</span></a></span> knows more.</p><p>Thank you <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.pirati.cz/@marcel_kolaja" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>marcel_kolaja</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://digitalcourage.social/@echo_pbreyer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>echo_pbreyer</span></a></span> and everyone else who made this happen.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apple</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/eu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eu</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/dma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dma</span></a></p>
The Debugger<p>Donations to The Debugger are temporarily down, which in the case of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ghost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ghost</span></a> rely on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Stripe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stripe</span></a> by default. Now, Stripe decided to cancel The Debugger's account, just right after we published our article on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> . Coincidence? Probably yes. But we're looking for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/onlinepayment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onlinepayment</span></a> alternatives out there, so if you have any suggestions (especially stuff that is not just Stripe or PayPal under the hood) they'll be much appreciated!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/alternative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alternative</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eualternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eualternatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/europeanalternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>europeanalternatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/donations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>donations</span></a></p>
PMFL :coffefied:<p>Este governo, nem comento, bajuladores dos E.U.A, eles mandam avisos as empresas via embaixada, cortam apoios a universidades, e continuam a bajular a relação com eles, virem-se para a EU bolas, exportem pro Brasil dado que só exportam 3% para lá, vejam novos mercados, cambada de mansos!</p><p>😡</p><p><a href="https://masto.pt/tags/politica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politica</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/EUAlternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EUAlternatives</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/portugal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>portugal</span></a></p>
Luís Filipe Teixeira<p>Achei interessante que começa a ser divulgado o que de bom temos na Europa.<br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/aguideforchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aguideforchange</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/changeforeuropean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>changeforeuropean</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/change" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>change</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>europe</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/BuyFromEU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BuyFromEU</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/eualternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eualternatives</span></a></p>
Petra van Cronenburg<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.mailbox.org/@mailbox_org" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mailbox_org</span></a></span> Tip: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@european_alternatives" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>european_alternatives</span></a></span> folgen! Und <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/boycottUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boycottUSA</span></a>. Ist einfacher als Rasseln mit Waffen-Narrativen.<br>Geheimtipp: Vielleicht mal in Schleswig-Holstein recherchieren: <a href="https://www.schleswig-holstein.de/DE/landesregierung/ministerien-behoerden/I/Presse/PI/2025/cds/250307_cds_landesprogramm_offene_innovation?nn=a3865cbf-b1fb-4b2f-bc47-f7ac05f3f7b5" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">schleswig-holstein.de/DE/lande</span><span class="invisible">sregierung/ministerien-behoerden/I/Presse/PI/2025/cds/250307_cds_landesprogramm_offene_innovation?nn=a3865cbf-b1fb-4b2f-bc47-f7ac05f3f7b5</span></a> Die wissen, wie's geht und haben eine eigene Instanz hier: social.schleswig-holstein.de</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Followfriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Followfriday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EUAlternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EUAlternatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EuropeanAlternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanAlternatives</span></a></p>
Yehor 🇺🇦<p>Decision was made. I’ll move my <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homelab</span></a> domains from <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Cloudflare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cloudflare</span></a> to <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Infomaniak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Infomaniak</span></a>. One by one upon reaching each renewal deadline. <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Cloudflare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cloudflare</span></a> is a little bit cheaper, but has a lot of stuff I’m not using and/or don’t want. <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Infomaniak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Infomaniak</span></a> gives limited free email service with each domain and is <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/european" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>european</span></a>. Also <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/infomaniak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infomaniak</span></a> feels more like a good old web hosting with a modern UI, good documentation and additional perks. I like it so far.<br>The only <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Cloudflare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cloudflare</span></a> thing I’ll miss is an almost instant DNS records update considering how many ISPs and services rely on 1.1.1.1. <br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/domains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>domains</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hosting</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/eualternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eualternatives</span></a></p>
Yehor 🇺🇦<p>I’m poking around in <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/infomaniak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infomaniak</span></a> email service and it is fantastic! I could have a separate user for my <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/selfhosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfhosted</span></a> services who don’t have access to my personal emails. Nice web interface and very nice mobile app. I think I want to migrate from <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Fastmail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fastmail</span></a> to have my emails in Europe. Also this is a good opportunity to also move my main email address into my personal domain, so I don’t bound to a specific email provider.<br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homelab</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>email</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/eualternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eualternatives</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/emailproviders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emailproviders</span></a></p>
dan80<p>A follow-up to my toot about European navigation apps.</p><p>If you need to calculate a route from a PC/Mac, here are a few alternatives to Google Maps that you can use on your browser:</p><p>1. Here WeGo 🇳🇱 <a href="https://wego.here.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wego.here.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>2. Mapy.com 🇨🇿 <a href="https://mapy.com/en/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">mapy.com/en/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>3. Osmand 🇳🇱 <a href="https://osmand.net/map/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">osmand.net/map/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.io/tags/BuyEuropean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BuyEuropean</span></a> <a href="https://toot.io/tags/EUalternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EUalternatives</span></a> <a href="https://toot.io/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maps</span></a></p>
Jonathan Matthews<p>[EDIT: found it - <a href="https://alternatives-in.uk/directory/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">alternatives-in.uk/directory/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>. Thanks Neil!]</p><p>The "EU Alternatives" site is a really useful index of non-USA tech providers, but it sadly (yet understandably) excludes UK services: <a href="https://european-alternatives.eu/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">european-alternatives.eu/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>I *know* I saw a (pretty sparsely populated) UK equivalent of that EU-focused site ... but I can't find it. Any ideas what I might be thinking of? <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/alternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alternatives</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/EUalternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EUalternatives</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/UKtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKtech</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/UKalternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKalternatives</span></a></p>
Daniël Franke :panheart:<p>I’m a big proponent of using European alternatives to US big tech services, but as we’re switching all that over, can we try and not recreate the hellscape that we had?</p><p>I just looked at a promising eu alternative for online payment, and it wanted to let 86 advertising companies set cookies. Seriously, do better.</p><p><a href="https://social.ainmosni.eu/tags/europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://social.ainmosni.eu/tags/eualternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EUAlternatives</span></a></p>
dan80<p>Alcune alternative europee 🇪🇺 a Google Maps:</p><p>1. Here WeGo 🇳🇱<br>2. TomTom Go / AmiGo 🇳🇱<br>3. Magic Earth 🇳🇱<br>4. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@organicmaps" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>organicmaps</span></a></span> 🇪🇪<br>5. OsmAnd 🇳🇱<br>6. Mapy.cz 🇨🇿<br>7. Karta GPS 🇵🇹</p><p>Dal 3 al 7 sono basate sui dati aperti e collaborativi di Openstreetmap; 4 e 5 sono open source</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/BuyEuropean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BuyEuropean</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/EUalternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EUalternatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maps</span></a></p>
dan80<p>A few European alternatives to Google Maps:</p><p>1. Here WeGo 🇳🇱<br>2. TomTom Go / AmiGo 🇳🇱<br>3. Magic Earth 🇳🇱<br>4. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@organicmaps" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>organicmaps</span></a></span> 🇪🇪<br>5. OsmAnd 🇳🇱<br>6. Mapy.cz 🇨🇿<br>7. Karta GPS 🇵🇹</p><p>Number 3-7 are based on Openstreetmap open data; 4 and 5 are also open source</p><p><a href="https://toot.io/tags/BuyEuropean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BuyEuropean</span></a> <a href="https://toot.io/tags/EUalternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EUalternatives</span></a> <a href="https://toot.io/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maps</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@ueeu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ueeu</span></a></span></p>
m0bi ⁂<p>🇪🇺 Jeśli szukacie europejskich odpowiedników oprogramowania amerykańskiego, to może zainteresuje was ten serwis:</p><p><a href="https://www.buy-european-made.eu" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">buy-european-made.eu</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>A o tym pisałem już wcześniej, ale dla przypomnienia:</p><p><a href="https://european-alternatives.eu" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">european-alternatives.eu</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.com.pl/tags/EUMade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EUMade</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.com.pl/tags/MadeInEu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MadeInEu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.com.pl/tags/EUAlternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EUAlternatives</span></a></p>
Mathias Black<p>Curious, has anyone bought and set up their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> to be sourced as much as possible from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EUalternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EUalternatives</span></a>? What does that setup look like (e.g. phone, tablet, laptop, OS, apps)? </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigtech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degoogle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deapple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deapple</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/demicrosoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demicrosoft</span></a></p>
coldclimate<p>Starting my slow migration of my sites out of a US cloud provider and to <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/EUAlternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EUAlternatives</span></a></p>
Mathias Black<p>Looking for new <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>podcasts</span></a> - and maybe even eager for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EUalternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EUalternatives</span></a> ? Here's a list with a bunch of interesting options: <a href="https://blog.pocketcasts.com/2025/02/21/andreea-coscai/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.pocketcasts.com/2025/02/2</span><span class="invisible">1/andreea-coscai/</span></a></p>
coldclimate<p>I'm seeing more and more folks here shifting off US services to <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/EUAlternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EUAlternatives</span></a> <br>I'm sure it's a mega echo chamber, but I for one, like it</p>