Sorry if it’s already been shared, I found this website doing a good job listing alternatives to big tech services.

I’m not affiliated, they also have a bluesky account (it’s how I found them). bsky.app/profile/euroalternative.eu

Some more news about the OpenPrinter project. With a poll asking for planned usage of potential users, probably to help them prepare a first production batch.

I am excited to see the project progress !

Here is their website as well for interested people : https://www.opentools.studio/

I gotta build up the wishlist

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/52003588

The productivity suite now launches as a desktop app as part of the Nextcloud Hub 26 Summer release. It will be available for download in the next few weeks.

Source: Nextcloud

I was just ripped off by xigxag who claim I could “buy” things there, but it turns out I can only play them with their DRM-infested webplayer or smartphone app.

Is there a store that sells truly DRM-free audiobooks somewhere in the EU?

The UK Payments Delivery Company will this week launch a process to raise in the region of £50m to fund the development of a new domestic infrastructure player, Sky News learns.

Britain’s biggest banks will this week embark on a process to raise tens of millions of pounds to fund the development of a new payments infrastructure vehicle that could ultimately evolve into a domestic alternative to Mastercard and Visa.

POLITICO wrote that Greece signed a €3 billion defense deal with Israel, called Achilles Shield. It was given directly to Israeli firms, with no competing bids. Even EU procurement rules normally wants open competition. The deal includes sensors, interceptors, surveillance tech, and more.

EU says it wants strategic autonomy. But if Greece skips European alternatives and locks itself into Israeli systems, it is not getting sovereignty. It is just replacing one dependency with another. This time on a non-EU state whose conduct in Gaza is under International Court of Justice scrutiny, and whose defense industry is not accountable to EU rules. bypass EU procurement rules and make European defense industry weaker.

And this is not only Greece. Same pattern show up across Europe: Netherlands €25m direct award to Elbit, Spain: €1.17m direct award to Rafael, Denmark: €6.5m direct award to Elbit Systems Deutschland

If we criticize Hungary for rely on Russia, we should ask why Greece and others are deepening reliance on Israel. European money should build European capabilities, not outsource them to a state accused of war crimes and genocide.

Source: politico.eu/…/how-made-in-israel-is-powering-euro…

Greece agreed to a €3 billion air defense deal with Israel and they won’t get the source code for the command-and-control system. So Greek engineers can’t maintain or upgrade it on their own. they have to rely on Israel.

Greek defense minister Nikos Dendias said in July that becoming a “hostage” to even the friendliest ally is “absolutely impossible.” But that’s exactly what this looks like. Israel’s Missile Defense Organization director Moshe Patel was asked if Greece gets the source code. He said: “No. Because the source code was not included in the license to use the agreement.”

Israel’s defense ministry later said Israeli know-how would go to Greek companies so they can develop a “Greek source code.” But the original answer was no. And the system is still built on Israeli tech.

So Greece is paying €3 billion to a foreign supplier and can’t fully control the thing. That’s not sovereignty. That’s dependency.

And this is a country that’s supposed to be in the EU. Why is it buying weapons from Israel at all? Greece should not be giving money to Israel. I think giving money to Israel right now is wrong. The ICJ is looking at genocide charges. Greece shouldn’t be funding this.

If you’re European, you should ask why your union is okay with this. Why is a member state doing deals like this? Why isn’t anyone stopping it? These money should go to european alternatives.

Hello, is this the based department?

We could start with danish, french and british troops establishing bases in Canada with nordic troops in Greenland. These garrisons could be primarily used for training Ukrainians and Taiwanese defenders.

We could build more ice breakers to protect our North West Passage and infrastructure to support the locals in the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Greenland with increased access to foods, medicine and opportunities.

As we need to secure democracy, local sovereignty and minerals from the fascist Washington DC’s encroachment on our countries. They have Alaska already, there’s no need for more entitlement.

We must stand together in the face of imperial Russia and USA.

Today I saw a Wero advertisement at a bus stop in Germany. Apparently a campaign to increase brand awareness.

(posted this in !wero@piefed.social first. seems that you can not share a picture.)

The EU’s top official backs Carney’s push for Canada to become the bloc’s first “associate member,” as Brussels seeks to deepen ties amid pressure from the US

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/52539308

Tired of misleading cookie banners? The EU Commission has finally proposed a solution: set your privacy preferences in the browser once, and never see another banner. Unfortunately, the tracking industry is pushing back – and so far, they’ve been successful. We need YOUR help to #KillTheCookieBanner!

After like the 5th website I was using got taken down while I’ve been trying to watch Detective Conan, I might have just been ground down to the point of paying for anime rather than pirating it. I would just buy the DVDs obviously, but at 1,200 episodes, I don’t see myself justifying the price of it!

Something I had never really noticed was just how American-dominated the whole anime streaming service scene is. Not just Crunchyroll, but Tubi, Hulu, Peacock, Sling TV, everything! If you’re interested in buying European, you might find One Piece on BBC iPlayer or something, but we have pretty much nothing dedicated specifically for anime.

But that’s why I’m excited to have discovered Serika, a Dutch anime-specialising streaming service that’s in progress atm! If there are any anime fans in this community, give them some love!

Since 1 July, the EU has levied a €3 customs duty on parcels worth under €150 and the measure is already biting as imports, especially from China, have slumped by 30% to 40%.

Context

The Trump administration classified the Italian hacktivist group Autistici / Inventati as a terrorist organisation^1, meaning that American companies could no longer do business with them.

The immediate outcome was the closure of their Paypal account used for donations, and the loss of one of their .org domains, which is managed by the Public Interest Registry, an American non-profit company.

Before that, that administration retaliated against International Criminal Court Judge Nicolas Guillou and former EU commissioner Thierry Breton as well as four of his collaborators by sanctioning them, which essentially cut them off American services likes bank processors and parcel delivery, among other things.

My questions

Given that most Europeans are not activists nor political figures, how likely do you think it is to happen to individuals? Do you believe that Trump could use sanctions and embargos against the entire EU or some of its countries as leverage? The rational part of me thinks no, but we have seen so much crazy shit since his mandate started that my anxious side leans yes.

Personally, I have been trying to reduce my reliance on US tech and companies for the past two years, because really, the US cannot longer be trusted. And maybe I am overreacting, but I’ve got myself a .eu domain to replace the .com I use for self-hosting.

tldr; NL sold less to US but actually bought more from them, mainly fuel.

I just learned that the Qt framework that powers so much of Ubuntu Touch🇩🇪 is Finnish.