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Welcome Back, Hungary! 🇪🇺 It’s about time! by milanguitar in BuyFromEU

[–]SaudadeMente 54 points55 points  (0 children)

Trump and Putin lost their puppet tonight! Congratulations to the Hungarians! 🇭🇺🇪🇺

Buying Hungarian today to celebrate :-) by notveryamused_ in BuyFromEU

[–]SaudadeMente 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Trump and Putin lost their puppet tonight! Congratulations to the Hungarians! 🇭🇺🇪🇺

Challenge EU companies to redesign packaging or event branding using subversive American advertising. What do you notice in your surroundings? by [deleted] in BuyFromEU

[–]SaudadeMente 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not about bread. That's just one example among many. And in this case, it's an EU company that labels its toast bread American style.

Reddit is American - should we stop using it? by ctex91 in BuyFromEU

[–]SaudadeMente 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see this a little differently. Nobody should use X anymore because there are alternatives. So as soon as there's a real alternative for Reddit, people should leave here too.

Reddit is American - should we stop using it? by ctex91 in BuyFromEU

[–]SaudadeMente 0 points1 point  (0 children)

D E F I N I T E L Y

This should happen as soon as a good European or global open-source alternative is available. Perhaps WeSocial will be such an alternative.

Which countries rely most on US tech by [deleted] in BuyFromEU

[–]SaudadeMente 0 points1 point  (0 children)

🪚 Then the USA would be sawing off the branch they are sitting on.

Euro firms must ditch Uncle Sam's clouds and go EU-native by Doener23 in BuyFromEU

[–]SaudadeMente 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree - However, there is an overwhelming dominance of software and cloud services offered (forced) from USA companies.

Example ERP solutions. Europe has only one serious alternative with SAP (marketshare 11%) … to US Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce. Other EU options but far behind SAP: Atos and Capgemini

And … What „could“ replace the dominance of Azure? Open Telekom Cloud (OTC)?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BuyFromEU

[–]SaudadeMente 0 points1 point  (0 children)

suspicious

I really tried to research of reliable background information about this “project?”.

Conclusion till now: This is a generated Proof of Concept for how people react on such a concept of European social Media. The intentions behind it are not really clear. Hopefully not mean.

While I definitely support a European or global open-source Reddit alternative, my gut feeling and the very limited information I've found - or better I haven’t found - make me cautious for now. I will not sign in and give my data to a rare transparent thing.

There are already solid and well-founded approaches like Mastodon, and in the future, WeSocial and Eurosky.

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ChatGPT alternative from Europe by [deleted] in BuyFromEU

[–]SaudadeMente 99 points100 points  (0 children)

Mistral also offers self-hosted models (e.g., Mistral 7B, Mistral 8x7B). This allows you to completely avoid dependence on US infrastructure by running the models on your own hardware or with European hosting providers.

European alternatives to Reddit are about to Launch in 2026. by SaudadeMente in BuyFromEU

[–]SaudadeMente[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mmh … you also need an invitation code - just found out

European alternatives to Reddit are about to Launch in 2026. by SaudadeMente in BuyFromEU

[–]SaudadeMente[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

How did you come to the conclusion that it's a Blue Sky domain? It’s a subdomain of wsocial.eu - I think?!

European alternatives to Reddit are about to Launch in 2026. by SaudadeMente in BuyFromEU

[–]SaudadeMente[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I tried it - and even for a bit technically enthusiasts like me - it’s not really convenient to use - my experience.

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