5mo ago

The small start from my perspective

Slowly beginning to use European alternatives for the following. See the list below.

I figured it was a good start to all the new ones around here: Google -> Qwant Apple Music -> Qobuz ChatGPT -> Me Chat Twitter/X -> Mastodon

And of course: Reddit -> Lemmy

I will update this list as I continue 👌🏼

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5mo ago

The small start from my perspective

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Which European search engine is best for privacy?
- @farcaster Qwant.
  
  I sure hope it's not or we're in trouble : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qwant#Controversies
- In case you understand German, there is this discussion: https://feddit.org/post/8948253.
Great start! For browser I can recommend Ecosia (Germany; tried it only on mobile) and Vivaldi (Norway).
- As they’re both based on chromium, a Google controlled browser, I‘d recommend any Firefox based browser (waterfox, librewolf) instead.
  
  and Waterfox, Fennec or IronFox for mobile
For anyone reading, any idea what the music catalogue on Qobuz is compared to Apple/YouTube/Spotify music? I checked out the website and it looks like Qobuz is kinda expensive (I pay 9.99 euros a month for YouTube Premium + YouTube Music so it's really hard to get rid of it and find a better alternative)
- Sorry guys but Soundcloud? Isn't it based in Berlin? I am a long time user of SoundCloud and I like it
  
  It should be so, yeah
- I heard is pretty close to 1 to 1. Can't find the source tho.
- I don't use it for streaming, only to buy digital albums, but on multiple occasions Qobuz was cheaper than 7digital or Bandcamp.
  All around I'd say it's the same price (around 10€ per album).
- Most music streaming services charge about 10 bucks per month. Maybe Qobuz offers rebates every few months.
We really need this. Both qwant and ecosia still use bing under the hood and they are sadly not as good as Google. We should invest in developing an EU search engine
Fantastic work! Hope the Qwant/Ecosia coop creates a powerful search index.
The source and the other announcement
Why is it talking so much about AI and training data
If we actually get a good working, privacy focused search engine that is not primary ads, it would be really great
Looking forward to it!
Amazing ❤️

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