madman_dev5d ago

Show HN: European alternatives to Google, Apple, Dropbox and 120 US apps

https://only-eu.eu/en/

European Alternatives to US Products & Software | Only EU

Find European alternatives for software, daily products, and tech. Stricter environmental standards, fair working conditions, and data sovereignty – Made in Europe.

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Show threadoutsidein

The affiliate information shows that it the website shows mostly / only affiliate offers, and omits (intentionally?) much better a lternatives like posteo.de for email.
Listed vendors like OVHcloud must follow the US cloud act, so not really independent from US.

Just advertising, no real privacy focused.

Apr 3 at 10:44amWeb
Show threadreconnecting5d ago
Domain is registered 23 March 2026. This is not a real product, with zero effort put into it.
Show threadAngostura5d ago
Perhaps they spent considerable effort putting the data set etc together, and subsequently decided to launch as a standalone domain. I wouldn’t take registration date as the final arbiter of seriousness
Show threadhk__25d ago
The domain registration date doesn’t tell anything about the amount of effort put in it. I usually register the domains of my side-projects only when I’m at 80% done; otherwise I would buy dozens of domains I would never use.
Show threadstingraycharles5d ago
The website uses Cloudflare for hosting. If they were just even a little bit serious, they wouldn’t have used a US provider for hosting.
Show threadxixixao5d ago

If you were just a little bit serious you wouldn’t be discussing this on a site run by Y-Combinator!

(the “angry” comments are so tiring)

Show threadefilife5d ago
But he doesn't advocate for US alternatives here?
Show threadiainmerrick5d ago
They’re pointing out the hypocrisy in this website. The comment itself isn’t hypocritical as they haven’t taken a stance on US versus EU services.
Show threadbee_rider5d ago

They didn’t explicitly point to hypocrisy as the thing that makes it “unserious.” Actually I think a lot of serious projects are a little bit hypocritical, a little bit of hypocrisy is often the cost of contact with reality.

In this case it isn’t even clear where the hypocrisy comes from, though. It’s a service for looking up other services. Does it even handle any PII?

Show threadtuukkah5d ago
If you want to help orgs who have come to the conclusion they need to diversify to EU services, it does not mean you have to have come to the same conclusion! Also, it's not the same kind of dependency if you get or buy something one-off from a website like this, as if you build your org on top of a single platform/jurisdiction.
Show threadkiyundai5d ago

OVHcloud US is a separate entity, European & other region are not subject to the US cloud act.

You need separate account for service in US vs services in EU

Show threadPurpleRamen5d ago

Maybe it was added in the meanwhile, but I see Posteo under email. Also, disputable if Posteo is really better, as it highly depend on your requirements. I dismissed it for some reason when choosing and went with mailbox.org, which is also listed.

The information is also not stating that all links are affiliate, just that the site does contain them and some might make them money.

Show threaddeaux5d ago
This post needs to be flagged, this is pure affiliate spam and not at all what HN is meant for. Doubt the guy is even European at this point. An email @ dang wouldn't be out of place either for anyone with the time.