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Jcrabapple<p>InlineStyle, your open cloud</p><p>This looks very interesting!</p><p><a href="https://www.inlinestyle.it/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">inlinestyle.it/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://dmv.community/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/EuropeanTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanTech</span></a></p>
Àlex Hinojo<p>Today, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> CFO said that with 10M euro they'd reach their main structural goals. </p><p>Mastodon is a Made in Europe project, fulfilling our "European Values". Would love the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> endorsing it, and our main public figures opening accounts - or even instances. We are all part of the needed change.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EuropeanTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a></p>
atro_city<p><strong>European CEOs are starting to publish their intentions to use EU products</strong></p> European CEOs are starting to publish their intentions to... #europeantech #cloud #digitalsovereignty #executivesearch #gdpr #buylocal <p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jurriaan-graaff-netherlands-hrleader_europeantech-cloud-digitalsovereignty-activity-7318906176748871681-d7T4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">linkedin.com/posts/jurriaan-gr</span><span class="invisible">aaff-netherlands-hrleader_europeantech-cloud-digitalsovereignty-activity-7318906176748871681-d7T4</span></a></p>
Tuta<p>What are your favorite <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/European" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>European</span></a> tech tools?</p><p>Why choose European?</p><p>✅ Increased Privacy<br>✅ Better Data protection</p><p>Check out our in-depth guide for more European products 👉 <a href="https://tuta.com/blog/boycott-us-choose-european-products" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tuta.com/blog/boycott-us-choos</span><span class="invisible">e-european-products</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChooseEu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChooseEu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EuropeanTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a></p>
Raphael Albert<p>I'm offering free privacy consulting to any project that aims at building a privacy-minded, responsible, open source, and European-Union-based alternative to some U.S. big tech oligopolist's service. </p><p>It's time to act, and I will gladly do what I can to help! So please just text me if you're interested! <br>--<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataProtection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GDPR</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BuyEuropean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuyEuropean</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EuropeanTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanTech</span></a></p>
All Europeans 🇪🇺<p>For our second <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FollowFriday</span></a> here (we forgot it last week), we wanted to recommend European search engines 🇪🇺 that have accounts here on Mastodon. :mastolove:</p><p>So we tried to find on Mastodon the European companies listed on this post: <br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@ueeu/114174129661206035" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">social.vivaldi.net/@ueeu/11417</span><span class="invisible">4129661206035</span></a></p><p>But unfortunately, very few of them are present on Mastodon. 😢</p><p>We believe that those companies who have chosen to join the Fediverse deserve our attention, even if we have not yet used their services.</p><p>By receiving their news in our feeds, we might be inspired to explore their services and be informed about their developments.</p><p>So we suggest following these 5 accounts to show your support and witness their growth as it unfolds. 😃 </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://suma-ev.social/@MetaGer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MetaGer</span></a></span> 🇩🇪 (2.2k followers) - Congrats for having their own instance! ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@StartpageSearch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>StartpageSearch</span></a></span> 🇳🇱 (4k followers)<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Mojeek" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Mojeek</span></a></span> 🇬🇧 (3.3k followers)<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Swisscows" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Swisscows</span></a></span> 🇨🇭 (69 followers)</p><p>There is also the Open Web Search account: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://suma-ev.social/@openwebsearcheu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>openwebsearcheu</span></a></span>. While they are not a company, they are a coalition of European research and computing centers that promotes Europe's independence in web search. If you'd like to be updated about Europe's digital sovereignty and search engine markets, follow them too! </p><p>Do you know any other European search engine that deserves a follow? Let us know! 🙂</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/EuropeanTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanTech</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/europeanalternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>europeanalternatives</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/BuyFromEU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuyFromEU</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SearchEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SearchEngine</span></a></p>
Rafa Font 🌻 🇪🇺 🏀<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://techhub.social/@sponkae" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>sponkae</span></a></span> Some months ago I wrote this story about <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EuropeanTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanTech</span></a> including DeepL for translations, Toggl for time management, Fairphone as a smartphone, Murena as a degoogled operating system, and others:</p><p><a href="https://europeanperspective.news/how-to-be-a-free-european-citizen-online/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">europeanperspective.news/how-t</span><span class="invisible">o-be-a-free-european-citizen-online/</span></a></p>
Privacy Guides<p>There is a growing sentiment that the US shouldn't be relied upon for the technologies that many people and businesses use every day.</p><p>While we prefer to focus on <em>technical guarantees</em> like strong end-to-end encryption over matters like jurisdiction, these issues still matter, and the United States <em>certainly</em> does not have a monopoly on the best technologies.</p><p>We've compiled a list of some of our favorite and highly recommended European privacy tools, to highlight how easy it can be to take your data back from American Big Tech companies: <a href="https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/03/19/private-european-alternatives/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">privacyguides.org/articles/202</span><span class="invisible">5/03/19/private-european-alternatives/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/tags/EUTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/tags/EuropeanTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/tags/USElection2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USElection2024</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/tags/EUCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUCloud</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/tags/EuropeanAlternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanAlternatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/tags/PrivacyGuides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyGuides</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/tags/Article" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Article</span></a></p>
Jonah Aragon<p>As American Big Tech companies continue to <a href="https://arstechnica.com/apple/2025/03/eu-accuses-google-and-apple-of-stifling-competition-under-digital-markets-act/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">flout EU regulations</a>, and the US Government <a href="https://archive.ph/EJ26f" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">cuts off critical defense technology</a> to Ukraine, there is a growing sentiment that the US shouldn't be relied upon for the technologies that many people and businesses use every day.</p><p>I wrote this latest <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/@privacyguides" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>privacyguides</span></a></span> article to highlight some of the many privacy-respecting, European tools that can replace the tech you use every day: <a href="https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/03/19/private-european-alternatives/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">privacyguides.org/articles/202</span><span class="invisible">5/03/19/private-european-alternatives/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/tags/EUTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/tags/EuropeanTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/tags/USElection2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USElection2024</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/tags/EUCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUCloud</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/tags/EuropeanAlternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanAlternatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/tags/PrivacyGuides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyGuides</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/tags/Article" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Article</span></a></p>
Rafa Font 🌻 🇪🇺 🏀<p>How to be a free European citizen online</p><p>Surrounded by American Big Tech, Europe counters with:<br>- Legislative action against their abuses (<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DMA</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DSA</span></a>)<br>- <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EuropeanTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanTech</span></a> brings better products</p><p>From the catalogue of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@european_alternatives" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>european_alternatives</span></a></span> here are 5 tools for a more free, European experience:</p><p>@protonmail@mastodon.social<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Mastodon</span></a></span> <br>DeepL <br>Toggl <br>IntelliJ IDEA</p><p>Cherry on top: an ethical phone (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.weho.st/@WeAreFairphone" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>WeAreFairphone</span></a></span>) with a de-googled operating system (by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@e_mydata" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>e_mydata</span></a></span>)</p><p>Full article on:<br><a href="https://europeanperspective.substack.com/p/how-to-be-a-free-european-citizen" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">europeanperspective.substack.c</span><span class="invisible">om/p/how-to-be-a-free-european-citizen</span></a></p>