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Here you can find reviewed, impressive and comprehensive European alternatives for digital products and apps if you wanna break from American (big) tech companies.

Have a look, you'll be impressed...

https://european-alternatives.eu/

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[–] dimjim@sh.itjust.works 94 points 3 days ago (28 children)

This is a good source, but why the fuck is Spotify listed as a suitable alternative? Spotify is one of THE apps that people are trying to break away from.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 34 points 3 days ago (1 children)

People incorrectly assume "European alternative" means "better alternative" when sometimes, that's not the case. Privacy needs to be approached with skepticism, no matter what surface-level credential something has.

  • Open-source
  • Paid
  • End-to-end encrypted
  • European

Things like these might be table stakes, but they should not be the end of your search for an alternative product.

[–] Alb@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago

I think you are absolutely right.

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