A handful of companies monopolise the web, with unprecedented access to our data. But there are many more ethical – and often distinctively European – alternatives

A handful of companies monopolise the web, with unprecedented access to our data. But there are many more ethical – and often distinctively European – alternatives

    • neo2478@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      4 days ago

      I indeed had never heard of it, but now I have! I looks like a great suit of tools!

      What’s your experience using it?

      • matlag@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        4 days ago

        Framasoft is not so much about providing the service itself, they have limited resources, but to show alternatives exist and are usable. They develop some of the tools (we own them Peertube!).

        So they host services, and sometimes end them (with ample warning and instructions to migrate). As they explain: their goal is not to become an “open Google”. It’s to to make de-googling possible and usable by the many.

        As service providers, you should look into the CHATONS.

        These are mostly based on the Framasoft suite.

  • rngtema@feddit.dkEnglish
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    4 days ago

    What is the opinion on Vivaldi here as an alternative? I am using Firefox and Zen currently. But I wouldn’t mind jumping towards a European alternative. I switched to Firefox to support an alternative to chromium based browsers, but I think EU/Nordic angle is more important to me.

    • laxu@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      1 day ago

      I’ve been using Vivaldi for a few years now and it’s been great. I really like it’s tab management, tiling etc features.

  • Em Adespoton@lemmy.caEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Why doesn’t it mention the Fediverse at all???

    Seems like they’re advocating using a Fairphone running e/OS, Ecosia as the search engine, LibreWolf as the browser, LibreOffice as the office package, and W for social media?

    • WesternInfidels@feddit.onlineEnglish
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      5 days ago

      The steady exodus from Elon Musk’s X has benefited smaller, independent alternatives such as … German-developed Mastodon

      • cabbage@piefed.socialEnglish
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        4 days ago

        This is probably a much more efficient “mention of the fediverse” than if the journalist had started trying to explain that there is this federated network of independent social media sites bla bla bla.

        The people reading this are looking for something they can understand. I expect naming Mastodon and leaving it to them to check it out will convert more people than if they started trying to explain what it is.

        I’m a bit weirded out by all the attention given to w-social.eu by mainstream media, though. First of all it doesn’t exist yet, second we have no reason to believe it will actually be decent, third we have good reason to believe it won’t be.

    • itsmistermoon@piefed.socialEnglish
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      5 days ago

      Yeah, that was my main criticism of the article, it completely omitted social media.

      Also, the author mentions Codeberg as the “developer” of Librewolf, so it seems is not the most tech savvy around.