I mean, in regards to the Browser. Neither Chromium nor Gecko are european, so it kinda boils down to: do you want to support google (then go with vivaldi) or firefox (librewolf, waterfox etc).
Why do I never see SearXNG listed? It's FOSS and there's a bunch of different instances hosted in a variety of countries. You can even control what search engines it uses to aggregate its search results.
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DmMacniel@feddit.org · 14 pts · 1y
I mean, in regards to the Browser. Neither Chromium nor Gecko are european, so it kinda boils down to: do you want to support google (then go with vivaldi) or firefox (librewolf, waterfox etc).
vesi@lemm.ee · 13 pts · 1y
Firefox obviously from these two.
cheprofumo@feddit.it · 3 pts · 1y
DmMacniel@feddit.org · 4 pts · 1y
sure Vivaldi seems to be the more european choice, yet you will be bum fucked by google.
Lumelore@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 1y
Why do I never see SearXNG listed? It's FOSS and there's a bunch of different instances hosted in a variety of countries. You can even control what search engines it uses to aggregate its search results.
pupbiru@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
given that it’s an aggregator, you’d want to ensure it aggregates from EU sources i assume, so it’s not a solution to the EU issue
Lumelore@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 1y
I suppose, although it's not hard to have it aggregate from EU sources only. I know qwant uses Microsoft services so...
pupbiru@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 1y
sure, but the solution then isn’t searxng; it’s whatever it’s aggregating from
WaterSword@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 1y
Ecosia uses google on the backend though.
FreeBird@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 1y
What about Matrix for communication? Element X is lovely.
MischievousGT@feddit.org · 2 pts · 1y
Doesn't Matrix have a huge problem with metadata or am I not up to date with this?
FreeBird@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y
I am not aware on the matter tbh.
vesi@lemm.ee · -2 pts · 1y
Threema is much much safer
FreeBird@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y
I haven't tried it. But whatever works works. Each to their own ig
FreeBird@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y
tatann@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y
Even thought Vivaldi is european, it's proprietary, so at this point I prefer Cromite if it means using something chromium-based.