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General BuyEuropean product database: https://buy-european.net/ (relevant post with background info)
Switching your tech to European TLDR: https://better-tech.eu/tldr/ (relevant post)
Buy European meta website with useful links: https://gohug.eu/ (relevant post)
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๐ง๐ช Belgium: https://0d.gs/
๐ง๐ฌ Bulgaria: https://feddit.bg/
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๐จ๐ฟCzech Republic https://lemmings.world/
๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark, including Greenland (for now): https://feddit.dk/
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๐ฌ๐ง UK: https://feddit.uk/
Friendica:
๐ฆ๐น Austria: https://friendica.io/
๐ฎ๐น Italy: https://poliverso.org/
๐ฉ๐ช Germany: https://piratenpartei.social/ & https://anonsys.net/
๐ซ๐ท Significant French speaking userbase: https://social.trom.tf/
๐ต๐ฑ Poland: soc.citizen4.eu
Matrix:
๐ฌ๐ง UK: matrix.org & glasgow.social
๐ซ๐ท France: tendomium & imagisphe.re & hadoly.fr
๐ฉ๐ช Germany: tchncs.de, catgirl.cloud, pub.solar, yatrix.org, digitalprivacy.diy, oblak.be, nope.chat, hot-chilli.im, synod.im & rollenspiel.chat
๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands: bark.lgbt
๐ฆ๐น Austria: gemeinsam.jetzt & private.coffee
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland: pikaviestin.fi & chat.blahaj.zone
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Iโve been sifting through my digital footprint for a while now and Iโm getting to my old accounts that Iโve mostly forgotten about. I thought it would be fun if we shared what we delete, you just might jog someone elseโs memory of an account they still have floating around.
Today: -Amazon -PayPal -Ubisoft
Last year I deleted almost 50 accounts, including:
I'm in the US and unfortunately deleting data/accounts isn't always easy with US companies, and a few of them have told me it's not even possible.
Namechecksout.exe
I have not deleted so many apps and accounts, but I have stopped using them or reduced the usage.
Windows 10 -> Linux but Windows 10 is still installed on another disk so technically it is dual boot even if I have not used Windows for months.
Office -> Libre office
Gmail and Hotmail -> Protonmail and Posteo
Google maps -> Here maps and Comaps
Onenote -> Notesnook
Thatโs pretty good, I would consider deleting accounts you leave behind though if that works for you. As it sends a signal to those mega corps, as their numbers drop itโll create pressure. Even if one account is just the tiniest drop in an ocean, together we can make a dent large enough.
Deleting accounts I don't use will be the next step. So far I prefer to have Google and Microsoft accounts and not use them compared with deleting them.
After reading other comments and thinking for a bit, I realized that I have made more switches.
Google Translate -> Deepl
Google -> DuckDuckGo -> Qwant
Youtube -> Invidious
And I have never used Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Reddit much.
I managed to delete most of it through the course of last year.
Windows --> Linux Mint Office --> LibreOffice WhatsApp --> Signal Android --> e/Os Gmail --> Posteo & Tutamail Reddit --> Lemmy Maps --> Comaps & Here Microsoft Authenticator --> Aegis Shazam --> Audile
In general I found lots of Open source Apps on F- Droid
I permanently deleted Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Netflix. I looked into alternatives but nothing really good. To be honest I do not miss them, as mainly all are just bloated with Ads.
Spotify is still on the list, but as I have 5 other people in my account I could not yet switch from it.
How are you finding e/os? I've been looking at it for a while now but haven't made the jump yet. Specifically support for things like banking apps and WhatsApp as I can't get rid of those quite yet.
I really like it. Was impressed how good it works, as I only have a Community version, not an official build. Especially that they show you how many trackers the apps have, never thought there would be so many.
Never had any major issues since using it nearly a year.
Only thing I do not like so much is their App Lounge, as updates there come a bit later, so mostly I use Aurora Store instead.
Depends where you from, for me all banking apps work. Here is a list of working banking apps: https://community.e.foundation/t/list-banking-apps-on-e-os/33091
What is not working is in App purchases, as I do not use a Google Account.
Hope this helps a bit, if you have more questions you send me a message.
Some of these have been for privacy and FLOSS ideology over the past 5 years, but anyway...
Fully deleted:
Windows -> Linux (mostly; have a Windows VM I don't use and needed hubby's Windows installation for the MSM download tool for some old phones a while back).
Instagram -> nothing
WhatsApp -> Signal, Matrix/Element, SMS (friends understood, lost some community groups and annoyed others)
LineageOS w/GAPPS -> LineageOS for MicroG -> DivestOS (RIP) -> GrapheneOS (-> trying to move to UBPorts Ubuntu Touch)
Twilio Authy -> Aegis
BitWarden -> KeePass (this one was purely because disentangling from US services and it still hurts, โคBitWarden)
Google Maps -> Organic Maps + browser Google Maps without location
Still have but use very little:
Facebook -> nothing (marketplace and some niche old-person hobby advice)
Gmail -> Proton -> Tutanota (lingering registrations, occasionally collaboration through Google Drive)
Google Drive -> Hetzner-hosted Nextcloud (for calendar, contacts, backups, etc)
Reddit -> Lemmy -> Piefed (kept for some hobby groups I might need to ask sometime)
Youtube -> Arte, local public TV streaming (YLE Areena) (for what I first check for passive entertainment)
Is piefed different? I tought it was another domain is all.
It's very similar, part of the "threadiverse", Fediverse services intended for Reddit-like UIs, like Lemmy and kbin/Mbin. Both use ActivityPub so you can read&post either on either.
They both have their pros and cons. Piefed has better moderation tools, multi-communities, and combines crossposts, among some other things; downsides, it's written in Python which is... weird, though early metrics suggest it uses less resources. Lemmy is more established, has better app support, and is written in Rust, which, prestigious. But honestly, a lot of it comes down to community and politics.
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Done:
Windows -> Ubuntu (but that was long time ago)
Google Translate -> Deepl
Google Maps -> Mapy.com
Reddit -> Lemmy (thinking about somehow to switch to Piefed)
Stocard / Klarna -> Catima
Google photos -> Synology photos
In progress:
Gmail -> Mailbox.org
Tried but failed:
Facebook -> Friendica (not enough people, many important communities on Facebook)
Messenger -> Signal / Matrix / whatever (not enough people)
Android -> whatever (no sensible alternative)
"Android -> whatever (no sensible alternative)"
Are you familiar with Jolla / Sailfish OS? Im not either, but still my next phone will be one of theirs as soon as this one breaks :D
I heard about them and I'd like to give it a try. But from what I heard, I'm afraid I couldn't use it as my "daily driver". Banking apps very probably won't work, nor my country government apps. Also Facebook + Messenger are unfortunately very important where I live. MS Teams + Outlook would also be nice to have for my job.
But the truth is, I've never tried Jolla (nor I know anyone who owns one) so I'm not sure how accurate my view is. Maybe those things are possible to run now, I really don't know
i think all those things work but banking apps do require some finagling and you should buy a well-supported phone for a good experience
disclaimer: i haven't tried banking apps but have just read others' experience with them
Instagram and Linkedin was the latest last autumn I guess. Would have deleted them sooner had I actually used them, but I don't think I had signed in to either for years. Spotify before that (though Swedish), replaced with Qobuz.
The current battle is to get my partner to cancel her American streaming subscriptions. Don't want to be too extremist about it, but yet...
I'm slowly de-Google-ing. Today, I nuked one of two accounts. Next up is cutting off the Nest thermostat, and automating it with my local Home Assistant server. (I've never run Windows at home, so I can't delete it.)
ETA: Forgot to note I'm switching to a European email provider.
iCloud Keychain (Passwords)
Nice try feds!
Today Iโm moving old store accounts that I havenโt used in ages. (This in a bigger move towards deleting a my main ms account).