Time to ditch US tech services, says Dutch parliament
c/europe · u/atro_city@fedia.io · 356 points
Trump administration 'has made the call for tech sovereignty an urgent geopolitical issue'
c/europe · u/atro_city@fedia.io · 356 points
Trump administration 'has made the call for tech sovereignty an urgent geopolitical issue'
u/atro_city@fedia.io · 1 points
https://european-alternatives.eu/categories
u/SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works · 9 points
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.
u/slowmorella@lemm.ee · 4 points
Nether Nah!
u/Propheticus@lemmy.zip · 3 points
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.
u/GreyAlien@lemm.ee · 3 points
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u/CAVOK@lemmy.world · 3 points
Then switch to MagicEarth. Very similar, but a little less polished still. Based on openstreetmap.
https://www.magicearth.com/
u/tacocatgoat@lemmy.world · 1 points
OrganicMaps… It’s been better than Google maps even for bike trails, I’ve been using it for about 2 years. It’s Estonian.
u/breakingcups@lemmy.world · 4 points
ICQ was shutdown, and in Russian hands before that?
u/Lemmist@lemm.ee · 0 points
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u/biofaust@lemmy.world · 15 points
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.
u/Stovetop@lemmy.world · 6 points
Not sure what the prior user might be referring to either, but here is a good boycott list for tech companies that have connections with Israel. Mostly American, but some European.
https://boycott.thewitness.news/categories/technology
u/GreyAlien@lemm.ee · 4 points
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u/affenlehrer@feddit.org · -1 points
ICQ?
u/federalreverse@feddit.org · 11 points
How many Israeli digital services are you using on a daily basis?
u/supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz · 27 points
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.
u/biofaust@lemmy.world · 16 points
And Israeli.
u/Lemmist@lemm.ee · 14 points
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u/Zink@programming.dev · 7 points
Yes, much like with defense, all of Europe should band together on this.
Just uh, pretty please let Americans use it as long as we agree to be good?
u/RoflmasterBigPimp@feddit.org · 3 points
Based and europe-pilled
u/rustinbox@lemmy.world · 1 points
What are European based cloud services?