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European alternatives to non-European apps (2.0) (lemmy.ca)

submitted 22 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Version 2 of the European app alternatives. Feel free to share it :)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

Aren't almost all of these quite terrible?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago

DeepL is a good translator, though it has a more limited set of supported languages

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

I wonder why you think so. Some like Peertube & Threema are definitely poor alternatives but I wouldn't say it's "almost all" either.

Deezer vs Apple Music/Tidal: Deezer has a great selection of music and recommendation algorithm. I've never used Tidal but Deezer is definitely better than Apple Music IMO.
Tuta/Mailbox.org/Posteo vs Gmail: Well, they all let you send and receive emails. Unless you're an enterprise user, I don't see what advantage Gmail would have over the others.
HERE WeGo vs Google Maps: Very recently installed HERE and didn't have any issues so far. This can be a bit location-dependent though.
Ecosia vs Google: Ecosia uses Bing/Google^1^ as its search index anyway, so the results are almost exactly the same for me.
DeepL Translate vs Google Translate: DeepL has a more limited selection of languages but for the languages it supports, it's the undisputed king.
Bolt vs Uber: I only used Bolt a few times while I was in Portugal and it seemed fine. Maybe this is also location-dependent.

^1^I think it's Bing by default but you can configure it to use Google in the settings.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Not at all.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Of course you would disagree, you're promoting them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

But I will be more than happy to replace them or add alternative in the next iteration of the infographic. What apps would you recommend?

[–] [email protected] -4 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

I would reccommend further development.

And as we arm the continent for war once more, as the US commits to isolationism and NATO abandonment, we might as well disregard any copyright issues preventing the implementation of important features. So while we might lose everything, we might finally get decent European elternatives for a brief period.