It is worth it! Things are changing. Now we are more and from more places. Talking to you from Bluesky with a European hosted PDS 🇪🇺

@ueeu Changed email to Posteo (German) from Gmail. Gotta Nothing Phone (UK) and have preordered a Jolla phone to get rid of Android. My main machine is now Linux. So yeah, it's been a lot. And it's all good. 🇸🇪🇪🇺

Hi everyone! :) A year ago, we launched this account to promote European products and services. Although we took a break from creating content a few months ago, our follower count continues to grow. So, a warm welcome to all our new followers! :) It make us think that maybe is worth to be […]

A ver si me podéis ayudar a dar otro pasito en mi desgooglización 🙂 Un servicio que aún no he podido quitarme es Drive. Supongo que no podré quitarlo del todo, porque mucha gente lo seguirá usando conmigo, pero al menos para mis cosas personales querría sustituirlo. Mis requisitos son que […]

Leave big tech behind! How to replace Amazon, Google, X, Meta, Apple – and more https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/26/how-to-replace-amazon-google-x-meta-apple-alternatives - contains nice words about Vivaldi.

De todos os sites que tenho visto a promoverem alternativas europeias à big tech dos EUA, este parece-me o mais completo, a explorar:https://eutechmap.com/ #degoogle #boycottgafam

Eurosky PDSes have arrived, and you can register to migrate/create your Atmosphere account now! https://www.eurosky.tech/register

Hallo Gemeinde, ich möchte mich gern zunehmend von Google zurück ziehen, Stück für Stück. Ein Projekt soll dieses Jahr v.a. die Bilder/Foto Sammlung werden. Ich muss gestehen, dass es schon sehr komfortabel ist, dass ich die Bilder in der Cloud habe und von sämtlichen Endgeräten zugreifen kann […]

The liberal group in the European Parliament #Renew has an #Instagram campaign for leaving #BigTech platforms. That's cool. What do you think @bartgroothuis, is that an opportunity to bring some of your colleagues over to the Fediverse? Feel free to invite […] [Original post on eupolicy.social]

RE: https://mamot.fr/@ploum/115938794778974968 I agree with this wholeheartedly. We shouldn't create European versions of Google, Amazon or Microsoft, oligopols that benefit from vendor lock-in. Instead, we should have a commons based on open-source technology and standards, which can then be […]

Why there’s no European Google? And why it is a good thing! My answer to the European Commission "call for evidence on Open Source." https://ploum.net/2026-01-22-why-no-european-google.html #geminiprotocol link: gemini://ploum.net/2026-01-22-why-no-european-google.gmi

RE: https://mastodon.social/@shoq/115936274445536023 As far as we know so far, W's starting with a fork of @bsky.app's social-app client (https://stage.wsocial.eu/) and have a PDS set up (https://pds-prod.wsocial.eu/). Seems like early days for now, so I wouldn't expect a whole lot more info […]

Danish CEO Lars Christensen posted the following statement about the change in US policy and I think it somewhat reflects how Europe sees the ongoing situation. There’s counter arguments to that - criticism in the Congress, the Senate, the individual States, and thin majority by which #trump won […]

⁂ #fediverse #thefutureisfederated

RE: https://mastodon.social/@quillmatiq/115934445105709962 If I sound frustrated by this, it's because there are a lot of smart, hard-working folks in Europe who've done a ton of legwork to build open social media platforms who've been completely disregarded in this announcement

#jolla has a new phone, and it's magnificient it seems. I'm intrigued. It runs Linux. And I want it! https://techglimmer.io/jolla-phone-2026-review-kill-switch-privacy-review/#Jolla (via @pluralistic )

W Social wants to compete with Twitter A new social network should make Europe more independent. In the leading role: Anna Zeiter from Zurich. "(...) Now Zurich resident Anna Zeiter (46) is taking a career step – with potentially geopolitical consequences: Zeiter is to build a European […]

RE: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@HennaVirkkunen/115912190359711231 Imagine how powerful it would be if von der Leyen, Costa and Kallas made their statements first on a EUROPEAN open, free, non-algorithmically distorted social media network. 🇪🇺✌️ And then later with a 60 minute delay on […]

@leanderlindahl @bartgroothuis @manuelaripa Check out the #StarterPack »EU politicians & officials« by @ilumium: 👉 https://fedidevs.com/s/MTkz/ There is also »#Volt on the #fediverse« by @erikkemp#starterpack#volt👉 https://fedidevs.com/s/MTI2/

#ayuda #degoogled Como próximo paso para cuidar mi privacidad y abandonar google, me estoy planteando instalar eOS en mi Poco X5 Pro 5G, pero veo que solo existe una build no oficial ( […]

me siento mal por qué últimamente solo me paso para pedir consejos ajajajj. Bueno allá va: alguno sabe de alguna plataforma en la que poder hacer presentaciones colaborativas y que no sea ni canva ni google?

“An extremely negative signal”: French court dismisses search engine Qwant's case against Microsoft "In a ruling handed down on Thursday, the Competition Authority found that Microsoft did not abuse its dominant position. This is a setback for Qwant, which is seeking to break free from its […]

SAP joins forces with France's AI ecosystem to power Europe's sovereign digital future "SAP today announced a new collaboration with France's AI sector, which includes new and expanded partnerships with Bleu, Capgemini, and Mistral AI. The collaboration will combine SAP enterprise application […]

Thales launches its post-quantum MISTRAL encryptor, ready to secure sensitive communications across Europe https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/news-centre/press-releases/thales-launches-its-post-quantum-mistral-encryptor-ready-secure/

Bonjour cher.e camarade sentimental qui comme moi souhaite quitter #spotify mais rechigne à voir supprimer 10 ans de playlists de vacances amoureusement assemblées. Bonjour cher.e consœur geekos qui comme moi aime trifouiller les nombres avec #python et #R. Laissez-moi vous présenter […]

It's cool to see how you shut off AI features on Gmail and you lose the entire inbox folder structure. Thank you, Google, for being so shitty. This is an excellent way to convince me to unsubscribe from some newsletters I get and to move to Proton Mail. Any other e-mail suggestions?

If you want to know in short-read format what happened at today's Franco-German #DigitalSummit on #DigitalSovereignty, and how much #AI #hyperscaler #innovation BS there was including from #Macron and #Merz themselves, read this excellent thread by @j2bryson#digitalsummit#digitalsovereignty…]

Does anyone in the EU (or elsewhere?!) have links to any case studies about migrating from Microsoft to #opensource / #libre / #foss that include actual financial figures?

Macron: "We were incredibly naive to entrust our democratic space to #socialNetworks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies." 🤔

Update. "#austria's military has switched from #microsoftoffice to #LibreOffice. The move was all about digital sovereignty, not cost savings. Other governments are moving away from Microsoft to protect their citizens' privacy." […]

Airbus, Thales and Leonardo ready to merge their satellite activities to fight Starlink https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2025/09/15/airbus-thales-et-leonardo-prets-a-fusionner-leurs-activites-satellites-pour-lutter-contre-starlink_6641219_3234.html #starlink #airbus #thales #leonardo […]

J’ai une question, j’espère obtenir une réponse. Je fais tout pour que des entreprises 🇺🇸 ne prélèvent par leur commission sur mes transactions en ligne. J’opte donc systématiquement pour le prélèvement (quand c’est disponible) ou bien la CB (assez dispo). J’ai réduit les paiements faits par […]

One of the best things to witness is seeing someone forget about their Windows partition. :) Every success story shows that Fedora, and Linux in general, is continuing to push the desktop in the right direction - not only as an alternative to the mainstream options, but to what the desktop […]

My music adoring boyfriend is leaving #spotify after relying on it most of his life. He is leaning towards #tidal (in part because Qobuz is not available in his region).* Anyone have tips on Tidal? *I myself entered my address for a Qobuz trial & never heard back. Same thing happened to me with […]

#ente : Indian team, European servers, but American headquarters 💔 In Delaware, where many companies choose to incorporate because of its tax system and its law. So it’s an American company and I’ve just cancelled my monthly subscription. I will test @pixelunion (based on #Immich) and @zeitkapsl […]

Germany and France want to make Arte a continental television channel https://www.brusselstimes.com/1622270/germany-and-france-want-to-make-arte-a-continental-television-channel

Europe Can Build Its Own Social Media by Sebastian Vogelsang https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/europe-can-build-own-social-media-on-at-protocol-by-sebastian-vogelsang-2025-07 #europeanalternatives #buyfromeu #buyeuropean #socialmedia

Hello tout le monde Auj, une amie a reçu son Fairphone 5 avec #eos dessus dans une démarche #degafamisation. Mais après avoir allumé son tel, elle est tombée sur une App Lounge vide de toute appli. Et peu importe sa recherche, ça disait ça (voir photo). Elle […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Ich hab gerade an Mastodon gespendet. Spendet auch! https://joinmastodon.org/sponsors#donate #supportmastodon

I recently talked with a guy who builds software for small & medium sized German insurance firms and he says almost all of their clients are working on removing US services from their tech stack due to perceiving them as highly risky. This includes cloud services, office tools, AI tools, etc. So […]

Finally a response from @EUCommission Vice-President #Virkkunen on the American attacks against #democracy in Europe (unfortunately on #LinkedIn): "The #DSA and #DMA are our sovereign legislations - Non-discriminatory, applying to all online platforms in the […] [Original post on eupolicy.social]