c/europe · by atro_city@fedia.io · 1y

Time to ditch US tech services, says Dutch parliament

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/19/dutch_parliament_us_tech/

Trump administration 'has made the call for tech sovereignty an urgent geopolitical issue'

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supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz · 27 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Please do, don't leave your fate in the hands of US tech companies.

Trust me I live in US and shit is getting bad.

Start the process now! Otherwise you will just be forced to later.

SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 1y

Yep, much like Covid. Thing went from "this could be bad and we need to consider how people can work from home" to "oh fuck! " in 3 months.

Do your planning now. Any software or service you are using today, might not be available to you 4 months from now.

biofaust@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y (11 replies)

And Israeli.

federalreverse@feddit.org · 11 pts · 1y (10 replies)

How many Israeli digital services are you using on a daily basis?

biofaust@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y

At least 2, forced by work. And the extent to which Israeli intelligence and infrastructure services permeate the architecture of the other ones I use personally or professionally is hard to calculate.

Stovetop@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

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GreyAlien@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y (4 replies)

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CAVOK@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Then switch to MagicEarth. Very similar, but a little less polished still. Based on openstreetmap.

https://www.magicearth.com/

GreyAlien@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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Propheticus@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1y

Can also try Here Wego. It looks a bit more polished and I have better success using its search function. Only downside: spoken navigation instructions are TTS only and sound quality is bad over Android auto...but I have them disabled anyway.

tacocatgoat@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

OrganicMaps… It’s been better than Google maps even for bike trails, I’ve been using it for about 2 years. It’s Estonian.

affenlehrer@feddit.org · -1 pts · 1y (2 replies)

ICQ?

breakingcups@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

ICQ was shutdown, and in Russian hands before that?

Lemmist@lemm.ee · 0 pts · 1y

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Lemmist@lemm.ee · 14 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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slowmorella@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y

Nether Nah!