Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caM to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 days agoWhat are your success stories in switching to european alternatives?message-squaremessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down11
arrow-up138arrow-down1message-squareWhat are your success stories in switching to european alternatives?Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caM to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareEuropellinore@europe.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-215 hours agoGmail —> ProtonMail. Google drive and iCloud —> PCloud, ProtonDrive, Kooft (still have to drop one or 2). Google translate—> DeepL. Uber —> Bolt. Windows —> Linux (although still mostly using windows b/c company laptop). Google maps —> Mapy, although still sometimes using google for street view. Edge, Chrome —> Vivaldi, Ecosia. Google search —> Ecosia. ChatGPT —> LeChat (Mistral), although still sometimes use ChatGPT. WhatsApp —> Signal (open source, although still American) and Threema.
minus-squareTaalnazi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·21 hours agoFixing your formatting: Gmail —> ProtonMail. Google drive and iCloud —> PCloud, ProtonDrive, Kooft (still have to drop one or 2). Google translate—> DeepL. Uber —> Bolt. Windows —> Linux (although still mostly using windows b/c company laptop). Google maps —> Mapy, although still sometimes using google for street view. Edge, Chrome —> Vivaldi, Ecosia. Google search —> Ecosia. ChatGPT —> LeChat (Mistral), although still sometimes use ChatGPT. WhatsApp —> Signal (open source, although still American) and Threema.
minus-squareTaalnazi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-221 hours agoI’d also recommend these - and always use a paid VPN!: Mail: ProtonMail, Mailbox Cloud storage: Peergos (self-hosted), Translate: DeepL Taxi: just use public transit, or Bolt Software: Linux Phone: Fairphone (Google Pixel is claimed to be safer for privacy, but I still don’t trust Google) Maps: OsmAnd or OpenStreetMaps Browser: Firefox, Librefox (or the usual onion, if censorship is that bad) Search: Ecosia, Qwant, SearXNG (if you know how to self-host) AI Chat: Kobold.cpp or Ollama (latter downloads models automatically, but former is better elsewhere) Messaging: Signal, Threema, Wire More information here at Recommendations
Gmail —> ProtonMail.
Google drive and iCloud —> PCloud, ProtonDrive, Kooft (still have to drop one or 2).
Google translate—> DeepL.
Uber —> Bolt.
Windows —> Linux (although still mostly using windows b/c company laptop).
Google maps —> Mapy, although still sometimes using google for street view.
Edge, Chrome —> Vivaldi, Ecosia.
Google search —> Ecosia.
ChatGPT —> LeChat (Mistral), although still sometimes use ChatGPT.
WhatsApp —> Signal (open source, although still American) and Threema.
Fixing your formatting:
Gmail —> ProtonMail.
Google drive and iCloud —> PCloud, ProtonDrive, Kooft (still have to drop one or 2).
Google translate—> DeepL.
Uber —> Bolt.
Windows —> Linux (although still mostly using windows b/c company laptop).
Google maps —> Mapy, although still sometimes using google for street view.
Edge, Chrome —> Vivaldi, Ecosia.
Google search —> Ecosia.
ChatGPT —> LeChat (Mistral), although still sometimes use ChatGPT.
WhatsApp —> Signal (open source, although still American) and Threema.
I’d also recommend these - and always use a paid VPN!:
Mail: ProtonMail, Mailbox
Cloud storage: Peergos (self-hosted),
Translate: DeepL
Taxi: just use public transit, or Bolt
Software: Linux
Phone: Fairphone (Google Pixel is claimed to be safer for privacy, but I still don’t trust Google)
Maps: OsmAnd or OpenStreetMaps
Browser: Firefox, Librefox (or the usual onion, if censorship is that bad)
Search: Ecosia, Qwant, SearXNG (if you know how to self-host)
AI Chat: Kobold.cpp or Ollama (latter downloads models automatically, but former is better elsewhere)
Messaging: Signal, Threema, Wire
More information here at Recommendations