TailtinnMar 21, 2025

Hello Fediverse and especially #Metalheads,

since I'm currently transitioning away from US companies, I'm wondering how you keep up to date with your favourite bands?

So many offer only Instagram, Facebook, X, ... on their official pages.

What are good sources to follow new releases?
Preferably on EU based platforms.

#BoycottUSA #BuyFromEU #Metal #Music

Show threadDqTube
@tailtinn From these international #SoundCloud ( https://soundcloud.com/ ) is from Germany, but I would say that many countries have some local service like our #BandZone ( https://bandzone.cz/ ) in Czechia.
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Show threadTailtinnMar 21, 2025
@DqTube TIL that SoundCloud is German... I never questioned where they are located...
Thank you. I'll check it out.
Show threadHotteMar 21, 2025
@tailtinn @DqTube They may be a german company, but probably most of their hosting is AWS.
Show threadTailtinnMar 21, 2025

@hotte I see your point, but I'm not sure if I want to go down this rabbit hole (yet).

At first, I will try to avoid US companies as good as possible for my personal, direct use.
I'm moving my personal data to EU based services.
I'm trying to buy local or EU based first again to keep my own money within the EU.
I'm deleting as much accounts as possible on US platforms.

But AWS and Azure are so omnipresent, I think it's unrealistic to avoid every single service using them.

Show threadHotteMar 21, 2025
@tailtinn It is, but it's also important to make people aware of this omnipresence. When setting up the metalverse, I avoided AWS and Azure completely and de-federated threads. That's all I can offer.