JA WestenbergFeb 27, 2025

When Trump and his crime family comes for your data, American tech won't save you. They'll hand it over because they have no choice. European and Canadian alternatives aren't perfect, but at least they aren't under Trump's thumb.

Here's my post-Trump tech stack.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/american-tech-is-compromised-heres-my-replacement-stack-2/

How I’m Building a Trump-Proof Tech Stack Without Big Tech

The world can no longer trust American tech. If that sounds dramatic, take a step back and consider the facts. The United States is a nation in the thrall of authoritarianism, owned and operated almost completely by a far-right doomsday cult intent on betraying every alliance, every contract, every promise

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Show threadMark KristenssonFeb 27, 2025
@Daojoan two other categories to possibly add to your list are mapping and fitness/mapping. For mapping Open Streets Map has come a lomg way in the last few years. Fitness is a big category and no one has a real competitor to big US tech devices, but fitness mapping Komoot (Germany) actually bests Strava in some ways.
Show threadJA WestenbergFeb 27, 2025
@mkristensson good note!! Will work on that
Show threadAlan McConchie
@mkristensson @Daojoan one detail about #OpenStreetMap is that often you won’t use the openstreetmap.org website directly, but rather some 3rd party apps and services that use OSM data. Like use @organicmaps if you need an OpenStreetMap-based navigation app on your phone, or use @stadiamaps or similar if you need an OSM map embedded in a website.
Feb 27, 2025 at 6:23amWeb