In light of the #buyFromEU movement several databases and websites emerged around the idea of buying European, and local first. Coming from different communities overviews of products and services can (for example) be found at the following websites:
If you are using Firefox or Chrome (derivatives) you can be nudged to do better by using the open-source Go-European-Plugin:
If you really want to start and go European in your personal- or business-life, there are already some starting points and infopics circulating.
Coming from a technical perspective and in an ideal world, open-source solutions are preferable over walled gardens. Chosing them would - in the long run- ensure that you can swap services more easily at any time. But we need to be realistic and acknowledge, that some people are just searching for easy drop in replacements and services.
Just as a starting point, this is an selection of alternatives for digital services. It is not exhaustive, neither really opinionated. It shows the highlights and source where to find other solutions.
A selection of digital alternatives (WIP)
This list is a selection of few digital alternatives if you decide to buyFromEU (and friendlies). Links to other lists are appended for further reading.
Browsing
- EU
- vivaldi.com → drop in replacement with mail, calender and feed reader.
- Considered friendly:
- Further Infos
Searching
- EU
- Considered friendly
- duckduckgo.com (uses bing in the background, still a drop in replacement).
- Further infos
e-Mail/Office suite (gmail/outlook)
- EU
- Considered friendly
- Further infos
e-Mail clients
- EU
- vivaldi Browser with, calender and feed reader.
- Considered friendly
- Further infos
Instant Messaging Apps
- EU
- Considered friendly:
- Further infos:
Team-level communications
- EU
- Considered friendly:
- Further infos:
Passwordmanagers
VPN providers
Social media (obviously)
- EU
- Considered friendly:
- Further infos:
Maps and navigation
- EU
- Considered friendly:
- Further infos:
Shopping
Mm. I did that on purpose, so a newcomer sees all the categories and possibilites eventhough he is not yet searchig for something specific.
After all it is “Where to start?“ and not about a specific search.
Exactly, as it is not a specific search it still instantly shows the European products/companies. If you use the search instead you can also search for the Non-European equivalent you want to see the alternatives for. :) So you could search for "YouTube" and get to the page where the YouTube alternatives are shown. But I mean it doesn't really matter that much - whatever you prefer.