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What happens if you only use European and open-source software for one month? 🤔

TechAltar's recent video tests an alternative setup for laptop, mobile and cloud workspace to see how a month without US tech giants feels like.

@Techaltar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w8jmw96ryA

1 month without US tech giants

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Miha Markič May 30

@nextcloud @Techaltar Should be published on @peertube though 😉

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Nick

May 30

@mihamarkic
Well @Techaltar is on #Nebula(a paid Streaming services without Google Analytics(they use Plausible iirc)) https://nebula.tv/videos/techaltar-1-month-without-us-tech-giants
@nextcloud

#buyfromeuope #BuyFromEU #unPlugTrump #unPluggedTrump

TechAltar — 1 Month Without US Tech Giants

Many are thinking abot switching from, or even boycotting Google, Microsoft, Apple & Co, so I tried using only European alternatives or open source software for a month. I tried a Linux laptop from Tuxedo, e/OS on a Fairphone 5, Nextcloud and more.

Nebula

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Ch M[ae][iy]e?r 🇪🇺 🖤 🤍May 30

@nick @mihamarkic @Techaltar @nextcloud thanks for linking to the non-youtube service nebula. That's way better than yt.

But even when nebula is better and does not track, it neither is european nor open source software.

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Nick

May 30

@chbmeyer Indeed, they seem to be located in NewYork(USA), and the videos are hosted in the US as well.

#unPlugBigTech

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gilde May 30

@mihamarkic @nextcloud @Techaltar @peertube

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Martin Townling

May 30

@nextcloud @Techaltar I can not believe you did not know about Nextcloud lol 🤣 they are even having their headquarters in Berlin too. 🤭

Nice video.

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Ch M[ae][iy]e?r 🇪🇺 🖤 🤍May 30

@nextcloud @Techaltar

That ist great! But to be honest you have to look, who pays the developers.

And for example Linux would not be that great without Google, Apple, Microsoft, Intel, AMD, ...

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Pxl Phile Jun 1

@chbmeyer @nextcloud @Techaltar wait, you open source developers get paid? /s

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Ch M[ae][iy]e?r 🇪🇺 🖤 🤍Jun 1

@ppxl @nextcloud @Techaltar

🤔
I indeed can imagine a society where paying developers isn't necessary. ...

But in our real world, ... 🤔

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ok_lyndsey Jun 2

@chbmeyer @nextcloud @Techaltar interesting that you see those companies as paying the Linux project rather than being customers or beneficiaries of it.

Just as an observation

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Ch M[ae][iy]e?r 🇪🇺 🖤 🤍Jun 3

@ok_lyndsey
Oh, you are right. I wasn't aware that one could see it in a different way.

Yes, they obviously benefit from their participation.
So thank you. 👍

But my point was a different one:
The first post was about 'without US tech giants'. Of course (and happily) Linux isn't 'their product' and 'full of tracking', monetariation or ads.
But anyway it is not 'big tech free'

@nextcloud @Techaltar

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Nuke May 30

@nextcloud @Techaltar Very cool but then why post the video on YouTube? Isn't there a European out open-source alternative?

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TechAltar May 31

@nuke Not one that reliably allows you to make a living

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D3f3kt May 30

@nextcloud @Techaltar That's how I've been living for 2 years now. With one exception, Steam from Valve (partly because of SteamDeck), I no longer use any software or services from the U.S.

Fairphone4 runs with /e/OS, Threema as a messenger, Debian on all computers, Klarna instead of Paypal, Thalia instead of Audible, Nextcloud self-hosted at home, Mailbox.org for email, Mastodon, Qwant for search, and so on. Little by little, the family is moving in too. I don't miss anything.

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