Buy European
Overview:
The community to discuss buying European goods and services.
Rules:
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Be kind to each other, and argue in good faith. No direct insults nor disrespectful and condescending comments.
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Do not use this community to promote Nationalism/Euronationalism. This community is for discussing European products/services and news related to that. For other topics the following might be of interest:
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Include a disclaimer at the bottom of the post if you're affiliated with the recommendation.
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No russian suggestions.
Feddit.uk's instance rules apply:
- No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia or xenophobia.
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- No harassment, dogpiling or doxxing of other users.
- Do not share intentionally false or misleading information.
- Do not spam or abuse network features.
- Alt accounts are permitted, but all accounts must list each other in their bios.
- No generative AI content.
Useful Websites
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General BuyEuropean product database: https://buy-european.net/ (relevant post with background info)
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Switching your tech to European TLDR: https://better-tech.eu/tldr/ (relevant post)
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Buy European meta website with useful links: https://gohug.eu/ (relevant post)
Benefits of Buying Local:
local investment, job creation, innovation, increased competition, more redundancy.
European Instances
Lemmy:
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Basque Country: https://lemmy.eus/
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๐ง๐ช Belgium: https://0d.gs/
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๐ง๐ฌ Bulgaria: https://feddit.bg/
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Catalonia: https://lemmy.cat/
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๐จ๐ฟCzech Republic https://lemmings.world/
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๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark, including Greenland (for now): https://feddit.dk/
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๐ช๐บ Europe: https://europe.pub/
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๐ซ๐ท๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ญ France, Belgium, Switzerland: https://jlai.lu/
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๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐น๐จ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฎ Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Lichtenstein: https://feddit.org/
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๐ซ๐ฎ Finland: https://sopuli.xyz/ & https://suppo.fi/
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๐ฎ๐ธ Iceland: https://feddit.is/
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๐ฎ๐น Italy: https://feddit.it/
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๐ฑ๐น Lithuania: https://group.lt/
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๐ธ๐ฎ Slovenia: https://gregtech.eu/
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๐ธ๐ช Sweden: https://feddit.nu/
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๐น๐ท Turkey: https://lemmy.com.tr/
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๐ฌ๐ง UK: https://feddit.uk/
Friendica:
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๐ฆ๐น Austria: https://friendica.io/
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๐ฎ๐น Italy: https://poliverso.org/
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๐ฉ๐ช Germany: https://piratenpartei.social/ & https://anonsys.net/
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๐ซ๐ท Significant French speaking userbase: https://social.trom.tf/
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๐ต๐ฑ Poland: soc.citizen4.eu
Matrix:
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๐ฌ๐ง UK: matrix.org & glasgow.social
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๐ซ๐ท France: tendomium & imagisphe.re & hadoly.fr
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๐ฉ๐ช Germany: tchncs.de, catgirl.cloud, pub.solar, yatrix.org, digitalprivacy.diy, oblak.be, nope.chat, hot-chilli.im, synod.im & rollenspiel.chat
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๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands: bark.lgbt
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๐ฆ๐น Austria: gemeinsam.jetzt & private.coffee
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๐ซ๐ฎ Finland: pikaviestin.fi & chat.blahaj.zone
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Everyone gets access to the base service and you pay separately for the advanced plan which is not included in their other service packages. I swear some people live to complain
What arey you talking about? Do you still belive in free launches? There is an opportunity cost to everything. My paid plan includ a resource-havy, going-nowhere technology that nobody was asking for, while the same resources could be spent on things that people ask for - like better gallery or better Linux support.
I don't want my postmen to clean my windows even if he do it for free (for now). I just wonder who paid for his cleaning supplies while he's mailbag is full of holes.
Lumo is standalone, freemium, no account or existing subscription required. Itโs funded by premium users, not by your plan, nor is it part of it. Proton hasnโt increased the cost of their base services since 2023 and did so only once since their launch, Lumo launched mid-2025. Lumoโs open-source, no-logs and anonymous no account required free service is privacy-first AI done rightโฆ Always good to check your facts before applying your biasโฆ
How was working on it founded before the first paying Lumo user?
(Edit: Also, behold the first profitable AI project in existence apparently)
Itโs clearly not by increasing the price or your subscription. Why does it even concern you how itโs funded? They can reinvest their profits however they please. Next youโll complain about their USD5M privacy charity contributions that didnโt go to the development of your package. YOU hate anything that carries the AI tag. Bias
I told you befor, I care becouse every spending carry oportunity cost. And yes LLMs today are a massive costs and shoveling them were they are not needed is simply a waste. Burning money level of waste. Feel free to label me with anything that allows you to dismissed my points - you do you - but I feel like I should be allowed to hate waste.
Idea that this is free is naive. Idea that it is founded by paying premium users is a lie. People asked for other things that are being ignored. Did anyone asked for that? Some non-ai haters opened ticket about it? Still feel like its an valid question.
Sorry mate, but if your only point is your dislike of their investment in an AI product that many people use and you believe you paid for, thatโs not a very good one. I donโt know about you, but I constantly use AI assistants and so do many other people. Itโs a good, European based product with some unique features. I donโt pay for it, and my standard proton subscription doesnโt increase in cost.
Let's revisit this in a year