We never get tired of suggesting to follow the same alternatives over and over again, as new people join us all the time. So here's a list of our previous #FollowFriday recommendations, updated:

(criteria: European companies or projects that have an account in the Fediverse and have posted at least once in the last year)

#FollowFriday

✉️ E-mail providers:

1- Tuta @Tutanota 🇩🇪
2- Iroco @iroco 🇫🇷
3- Runbox @runbox 🇳🇴
4- Mailbox.org @mailbox_org 🇩🇪
5- Eclipso @eclipso 🇩🇪
6- StartMail @startmail 🇳🇱
7- Mailo @hellomailo 🇫🇷
8- Hostpoint @hostpoint 🇨🇭
9- Proton @protonprivacy 🇨🇭
10- Mailfence @mailfence 🇧🇪
11- Disroot @disroot 🇳🇱
12- Gresille @gresille 🇫🇷
13- Soverin @soverin 🇳🇱

🔎 Search engines:

1- MetaGer @MetaGer 🇩🇪
2- Swisscows @Swisscows 🇨🇭
3- Leta (by Mullvad) @mullvadnet 🇸🇪
4- Marginalia @marginalia 🇸🇪
5- ZoTop (by Zaclys) @zaclys 🇫🇷
6- Monocles @monocles 🇩🇪
7- Startpage @StartpageSearch 🇳🇱 🇺🇸
8- OohDirectory @OohDirectory 🇬🇧
9- Feedle @feedle 🇩🇪 (blogs and podcasts)
10- Mojeek @Mojeek 🇬🇧
11- Disroot SearX @disroot 🇳🇱

Many of them are very active and post interesting things, so even if you don't use their services, you might enjoy some of their toots that contain relevant information.

While not every company is in the Fediverse (yet?), those that are here are clearly leading the way and it says a lot about them! 👏🌱