zeitkapsl.euSep 15, 2025

Here's our europick, featuring @Tutanota, @ecosia, @threemaapp, @nextcloud and @homeassistant!

You can create yours at https://europick.eu (thanks to our friends at @pixelunion), feel free to share below!

#europeanalternatives #europeantech #unplugtrump #unplugbigtech

Show threadlesbian propaganda (211695-343)Sep 15, 2025

@zeitkapsl @Tutanota @ecosia @threemaapp @nextcloud @homeassistant @pixelunion Ecosia uses Bing, Tutamails is a walled garden

Use Qwant/searxng instance and Disroot

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@echedellelr @Tutanota @ecosia @threemaapp @nextcloud @homeassistant @pixelunion Ecosia uses an independent index, together with Qwant now: https://blog.ecosia.org/launching-our-european-search-index/

Point 8 of the Disroot ToS forbids us to use the service, since we are offering a commercial service. Otherwise it looks like a cool service, might consider it for personal use

The internet just got better: our European search index goes live

We’ve started delivering independent search results from our European-based index. This will help us build the kind of ethical and fair internet we believe in.

The Ecosia Blog
Sep 15, 2025 at 5:28pmMastodon for Android
Show threadlesbian propaganda (211695-343)Sep 15, 2025
@zeitkapsl @Tutanota @ecosia @threemaapp @nextcloud @homeassistant @pixelunion I was checking Ecosia 3 weeks ago when I read about those news and read the documentation and enable settings for showing link origin. They still use Bing and Google mainly and seems that the european search index they built together is being used mostly for ranking by now
Show threadDistanteSep 15, 2025
@echedellelr They all use Bing/Google. Hopefully, this will change in the future. They are still planning to build something and need users. What difference does it make whether I use Bing/Google directly or through an intermediary?
Show threadlesbian propaganda (211695-343)Sep 15, 2025

@Distante privacy mostly, data security, still low power usage because caching in europe or your own instance

I will check Qwant again but i think they already started to use some of the data already, even if it is mixed and that is why i recommended it