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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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[-] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

So no smartphones.

Nokia is Finnish and I'm not sure if t hat's considered European. It's not American though. In fact the only American company left making phones is Apple. The problem is, the rest of them uses Android, which spies on you. Counterpoint: Apple won't let you install apps your government doesn't approve of. Counterpoint to the counterpoint: Android. Fucking. Spies. On. You. Counterpoint to the... you get the idea: Apple still hasn't shipped a working software keyboard. Pick your poison. Spyware or a broken keyboard and you can't use a few apps you may not care about... but you're buying from an American company whose CEO kisses Trump's arse and literally gave him a solid gold participation trophy.

I want to see real Linux phones that don't run Android and are somewhat competitive with Android phones, at least in the mid-range space. No one expects them to compete with the iPhone, or the equivalent Android phone that comes out 3-5 years later and stops getting updates while the iPhone it matches on performance is still getting them... but it shouldn't have to. We kinda hit a plateau a few years ago.

Otherwise, definitely worth a look.

[-] Alb@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago

We indeed need to degooglize smartphones.

There are ways but difficult to implement for now...

[-] merde@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

i remember learning to degoogle with adb. it wasn't easy and i had to reset more than a couple of times

then i installed LineageOS, after adb it was easier. For somebody else it may be "difficult" indeed

then i installed GrapheneOS for a friend. It can't get any easier. Their web installer makes degoogling accessible to everyone.

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