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.
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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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๐ฑ๐บ Luxembourg https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/
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๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands: https://feddit.nl/
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๐ต๐ฑ Poland: https://fedit.pl/ & https://szmer.info/
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๐ต๐น Portugal: https://lemmy.pt/
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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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PocketBook is from EU. I had the cheapest one and it worked great.
No, Pocketbook is Swiss. I think Polish InkBook is the only EU option. They don't manufacture in Europe though. Maybe German Tolino would qualify as well depending on your definition since their readers are based on Canadian Kobo.
I recently bought an inkBook Focus Plus (black and white Carta 1300 screen, 7.8"). For me a strong argument was that I needed the reader to support my local library's book lending app now that they are moving away from Adobe-based DRM due to the upcoming EU directive. So if you plan to use any library service, make sure to check their technical requirements. It can vary even within countries.
For file transfer the reader has WiFi, USB, and a memory card slot. There is also an individual email address you can use to send books to your reader. Wifi drains a lot of battery so don't keep it on unnecessarily.
You can install Android apps from APK files. There is a built-in "app store" called inkPLUS so you can easily install from a short list of recommended apps. You can also install APKpure which is another source of apps, like an app store. I've installed apps like Pressreader and Deepl translate. No problems.
The built-in pdf reader leaves a bit to be desired, such as margin trimming for texts. The built-in book reader is ok but one problem I've found is that the clickable list of content is truncated after 50 items. This probably doesn't matter for most novels etc, but it's a big drawback for many textbooks etc. It's possible to manually add bookmarks. I would also have wished for some "back feature" like keeping a thumb in your physical book and going back to the page you were perviously on. As a Nordic person I think the list of supported languages could be more extensive if they want to be truly relevant in all of Europe. The file system is a bit opaque and it's not at all easy to move documents.
There are physical buttons for page turning. They work for the built-in apps but normally not for third-party apps in my experience, and the buttons are not programmable as far as I know. So in those cases you have to tap or swipe the screen.
Bloatware-wise the built-in translation is based on Google translate. I've installed the Deepl app. It also has Google cloud available. I honestly don't remember if it was preinstalled and I uninstalled it when I first got the reader, but it's anyway available in the inkPLUS list if apps. But if you don't plan to use it you don't need to link the reader to any Google account. I log in to my local library account to borrow books or to use Pressreader.