c/buyeuropean · by Blaze@feddit.nl · 1yUseful list of European alternatives to BigTech https://proton.me/blog/european-tech-alternatives92 points · 21 comments · view on lemmy.world
21 Comments
Sunshine@lemmy.ca · 40 pts · 1y
They mentioned Lemmy, Peertube, Organic Maps, Friendica, /e/ os, Sailfish, Linux Mint, Codeberg, Ecosia, Librewolf, Waterfox, Mastodon, Matrix and Blender!
They have 100m users, this is a massive shoutout!
Pirata@lemm.ee · 14 pts · 1y
All excellent recommendations too. Hats off to Proton!
Sunshine@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 1y
It’s good to see they still have it!
NotForYourStereo@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Microw@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 1y
I think we can safely assume that this Blog post was not run by their ceo and simply created by someone at Proton who thought it was a good idea
Lanske@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Good list!
SexDwarf@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
https://european-alternatives.eu/
Blaze@feddit.nl · 7 pts · 1y
They use affiliate marketing: https://european-alternatives.eu/privacy-policy
https://buy-european.net/en does not and is managed by @buyeuropean@feddit.org
SexDwarf@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Thanks for letting me know!
fuzzy_feeling@programming.dev · -12 pts · 1y
take all my eggs out of one basket to put them all into another?
borusa@feddit.uk · 15 pts · 1y
There are plenty of alternatives as stated in the article.
fuzzy_feeling@programming.dev · -6 pts · 1y
but not for the services they are providing
huppakee@lemm.ee · -7 pts · 1y
Are there any federated email providers then?
gnufuu@infosec.pub · 21 pts · 1y
Email is a federated protocol.
hoppygarden@feddit.org · -5 pts · 1y
at the host level yes, but not at the user level
neons@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 1y
What is that even supposed to mean?
Yes it is, there are different people using email?
hoppygarden@feddit.org · -1 pts · 1y
What I meant is: you cannot switch a specific email from one provider to another. Only option is for you to change your email address.
Compare that to say mobile phone numbers: there you have the option to keep your number when switching providers.
Portability of email is what's missing.
edit: typo
brrt@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
You totally can. Get your own domain and combine it with whichever email provider you like.
hoppygarden@feddit.org · 1 pts · 1y
right, I forgot to mention this option. Indeed a possibility
it requies some technical knowledge and is not something many people do, probably less than 1%
compare that to phone number portability is available automatically to everyone (perhaps dependent on juristriction)
kcweller@feddit.nl · 18 pts · 1y
Email is THE federated system that is widespread in its use. Hosting a mail server at a host you trust or hosting it yourself has always been possible.