Post #149985
2026-01-22 21:08 UTC
Replies (11)
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@dimjim@sh.itjust.works 2026-01-22 21:23
This is a good source, but why the fuck is Spotify listed as a suitable alternative? Spotify is one of THE apps that people are trying to break away from.
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@PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social 2026-01-23 00:42
Call me cynical, but I don't expect these to be better alternatives for long. The main issue lies with the fact that these services are both centralized and profit-motivated, and I don't anticipate that the EU's privacy laws, though they are better than those in the US, will be much protection once even one of these competitors gets big enough to have a say in politics. Self-hosted, open-source apps are a far better solution than relying on yet another company that has full control of the software, especially with the barrier to entry for those apps getting smaller with each passing day. There are multiple projects available that will let you turn even a mediocre extra PC into a platform for self-hosted apps with not a lot of effort. [Yunohost](https://yunohost.org/) and [CasaOS](https://casaos.zimaspace.com/) are two that come to mind, but other options exist. Hell, even just running [Nextcloud](https://nextcloud.com/) is probably enough to cover most people's SaaS needs, though it can require a bit more work than the other two that I mentioned.
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@dimjim@sh.itjust.works 2026-01-22 22:30
This is a good source, but why the fuck is Spotify listed as a suitable alternative? Spotify is one of THE apps that people are trying to break away from.
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@rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2026-01-22 21:44
See also [!buyfromeu@feddit.org](https://feddit.org/c/buyfromeu).
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@suff@piefed.social 2026-01-23 14:55
https://curlie.org/ is another web directory. Looks almost the same.
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@cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-01-22 21:54
So no smartphones. Nokia is Finnish and I'm not sure if t hat's considered European. It's not American though. In fact the only American company left making phones is Apple. The problem is, the rest of them uses Android, which spies on you. Counterpoint: Apple won't let you install apps your government doesn't approve of. Counterpoint to the counterpoint: Android. Fucking. Spies. On. You. Counterpoint to the... you get the idea: Apple still hasn't shipped a working software keyboard. Pick your poison. Spyware or a broken keyboard and you can't use a few apps you may not care about... but you're buying from an American company whose CEO kisses Trump's arse and literally gave him a solid gold participation trophy. I want to see real Linux phones that don't run Android and are somewhat competitive with Android phones, at least in the mid-range space. No one expects them to compete with the iPhone, or the equivalent Android phone that comes out 3-5 years later and stops getting updates while the iPhone it matches on performance is still getting them... but it shouldn't have to. We kinda hit a plateau a few years ago. Otherwise, definitely worth a look.
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@fennesz12@feddit.dk 2026-01-22 21:49
We all have to change now.
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@phar@lemmy.world 2026-01-23 03:03
Wasn't there some kind of controversy with them? CEO being a trumpet or something?
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@Alb@sh.itjust.works 2026-01-22 23:42
Deezer is France-based.
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@phar@lemmy.world 2026-01-23 11:07
There we go
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@TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 2026-01-23 11:26
Yeah, why wouldn't it be? Lol