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I'm currently looking to replace my in-ears (which are slowly dying) and I have settled on the open-ear form factor. Unfortunately open-ears are not very common, so I've had trouble finding many European options. I'd settle for a European company, because produced in Europe is even more difficult to find.

What I found so far:

• Nothing Open Ear (UK, produced in China)
• Suunto Aqua/Wing/Sonic (Finland, probably produced in China
• Teufel Airy Open TWS (Germany, probably produced in China)
• Beyerdynamic Veerio 200 (Germany, 85% of all Beyerdynamic products produced in Germany)

Please do not confuse open-back (full-size over-ear) and open-ear (small form factor).

European brands I have checked which do not have open-ears:

• Steelseries
• Bang & Olufsen
• Austrian Audio
• Sennheiser
• Meze
• Fairphone
• Valco
• Fresh 'n Rebel

Brands with open-ears but not European:

• Shokz
• Bose
• JBL

Do you have, use, or recommend alternatives to Grammarly?

If you are unfamiliar with Grammarly, it is a spelling, grammar, and tone checker and suggester. The free tier is very useful.

I looked into alternatives, and what I found is:

Grammarly is a US-based company. For accounts created in the EU or UK, no content is used to train models. Others have a choice. Targeted advertising (email address to unique identifier) can be disabled.

LanguageTool is owned by a German business (GmbH), but operates under an international business called Learneo (Inc.). The privacy policy is with Learneo and does include data transfer to the US. It's unclear to me whether they operate [with the data] in the US or if that is only for specific or secondary operations and support.

LanguageTool uses third-party US analytics (Google Analytics and Amplitude.

LanguageTool is Open Source, but self-hosting does not include any of the AI features/rules.

DeepL is a German business. The free tier processes your data for training, and you must not submit any personal data.

Do you know of other alternatives that go beyond simple dictionary spell-checking, similar to these services? Ready-for-use service, local, or self-hosted.

I just canceled my Amazon Prime membership, something I was almost afraid of. Phew, it's nice to have that off my back.

I've been shopping less and less at Amazon anyway and barely used prime video, so I'll probably won't even notice the difference.

My TV is not a smart TV but has hdmi inputs. Are there any non American alternatives to the Amazon fire stick?

Dear Fellow Europeans

Any recommendations on where to buy a small number “Buy European” stickers in various sizes and materials that I can stick to my laptop/phone?

Not only software and FMCG! Support EU artisans and manufacturers!

I needed to create a wishlist recently, so I researched what websites of this type are managed by entities located in the EU, EEA, UK. Here's what I found:

• favolis.com: BE, Cubro BVBA, BE 0633.839.768

• wishlephant.com: DE, Anika Lindtner and Bodo Tasche, Richard-Sorge-Str. 59, 10249, Berlin

• wishly.de / wishly.uk / wishly.net: DE, Dresslove GmbH, DE300292359

• gowish.com: DK, Gowish ApS, 41284366 / onskeskyen.dk: DK, Ønskeskyen ApS, 41284366

• wishlist.dk: DK, Morten Helmstedt, November 4, 1983, Heimdalsgade 45, Nørrebro

• cherpapanoel.fr: FR, Tilt Studio SARL, 52134798900019

• listy.fr: FR, LISTY SAS, 888083326

• thegoodlist.fr: FR, THE GOOD LIST SAS, 890016769

• lijstje.nl: NL, Digital Intelligence BV, 34121564

• mywishlist.online / mijnverlanglijst.eu / meinewunschliste.eu: NL, Jamo Web Creations, 34280613

• giftwhale.com: UK, GiftWhale Ltd, 15384054

• moonsift.com: UK, Moonsift Limited, 11403224

Self-hosted:

• Christmas Community: https://github.com/Wingysam/Christmas-Community
• PHP Gift Registry: https://github.com/gebailey/phpgiftreg
• Pønskelisten: https://github.com/aunefyren/poenskelisten
• Simple Wishlist: https://github.com/ajb3932/simple-wishlist
• wishlist: https://github.com/cmintey/wishlist
• wishthis: https://github.com/wishthis/wishthis

Hoka originates from Europe but moved their HQ to USA at some point so fml.

And they also make my favourite shoe ever, Bondi SR: https://www.hoka.com/en/gb/men-lifestyle/bondi-sr/197634149271.html

5 things that I’m looking for in the alternative, from least to most important:

1. White on white like my old Bondi SR edition (or like this new edition from the link, light gray in white is fine too, just no circus colours).

2. Leather. Helps in my wet weather. Any other weather-resistant material could be fine I guess.

3. High, plush cushion. Just preference of my feet who will kill me otherwise.

4. Wide toe base! A lot of sport shoes ends up being narrow squashing the toes too much for a comfortable whole-day use. It has been a (walking)life-changer for me to go for a wide design.

5. Super grippy sole. I live by the port, cross a port dam and take a chain ferry every day pretty much, often on slipways too. I want those shoes to have excellent grip. Those shoes on dry asphalt feel like walking with glue on. Wet floor in the shop? Not a problem. I bet you could walk on oil and not die immediately.

Those came from the recommendations of my NHS friends who walk all day and on less-than-favourable substances spilled sometimes in ER.

They are sadly out of ideas what other shoe could replace it well.

Let me tell you about the “boycott light”: It is of course difficult to directly eliminate all American products and all American technology from your life. Smartphones are one technology in particular for which there is no real European alternative. And of course, in some cases Amazon is the only place where certain products are available or where certain products are significantly cheaper than elsewhere. Boycotting is hard, but there is a way to hurt them without hurting yourself.

But: the big tech companies live from your “engagement”. The more time you spend on YouTube, TikTok, Twitter, Instagram or Facebook, the more advertising they can show you. And the more profitable you are for these companies. That's why they rely on all these addiction mechanisms, because every minute you spend there is hard cash for the companies. This also applies to the eCommerce giants. PayPal collects a commission for every payment. Visa and Mastercard too. Amazon also takes its cut and so on.

Every minute that you are not surfing Facebook but are on Lemmy, Mastodon, on other websites or even offline is a minute in which your engagement there drops and in which no profitable advertising can be shown to you. You can of course stop using those services completely and delete all accounts, but if that's not possible, a partial boycott is also a good idea. If only one of your friend groups stays on Facebook and you move with the others, that's less time spent there and therefore less profit for Zuckerberg. Your local football group wants to stay on WhatsApp, but you can move your friends to Signal? Less time spend in WhatsApp, KPIs are going down.

And of course it's hard when certain products are significantly cheaper on Amazon than in other stores. But if you compare prices before you buy and then buy many products elsewhere and don't just go for the default Amazon, then that's poison for Bezos pocket. If you simply select the other payment methods for stores and not PayPal by default, that attacks their business model. Does a store only have PayPal? Then you can of course do without the purchase completely, but: If you no longer use PayPal as the default, but only where it is absolutely necessary, then the KPIs at their HQ will be on fire.

This also applies to other digital services: If you no longer use Google Search as your main search, but only as a backup when you haven't found what you want in other search engines, then they will absolutly go nuts at Google HQ. If you use an Android phone but refuse to use the AI and all the cloud services, then that kills their engagement metrics and honestly: it doesn't do you any harm.

So: If you are unable to do a full boycott, a partial boycott is still an effective method of harming certain companies. Try to be as unprofitable as possible for you in your circumstances.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.wtf/post/19420830

Bye bye Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, and many others. They can go and play "America First". We'll have our own independent system by november 2025.

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/digital_euro/html/index.en.html#timeline

cross-posted from: https://feddit.nl/post/31947474

https://boycott-flyer.eu/

Credits: https://old.reddit.com/r/BuyFromEU/comments/1jvavc2/im_working_on_printable_brochures/

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/60886715

Schleswig-Holstein, one of Germany’s 16 states, on Wednesday confirmed plans to move tens of thousands of systems from Microsoft Windows to Linux. The announcement follows previously established plans to migrate the state government off Microsoft Office in favor of open source LibreOffice.

cross-posted from: https://europe.pub/post/160774

As per one of the creators over on Reddit:

"I’m Amber, one of the founders of Griply: a goal-setting app proudly built in the Netherlands by a small self-funded team of four.

We created Griply out of frustration with how scattered personal development tools were. One app for goals, another for tasks, another for habits… it just didn’t make sense. So we built one app that brings it all together.

A lot of our users have switched from their “regular” task manager because they wanted something more goal focused - not just for ticking off tasks - but for making real progress on what matters to them.

With Griply, you can:

• Set life goals and break them down into subgoals, habits & tasks -Make goals measurable with goal metrics (money, distance, weight, etc.) -Track your progress visually with charts -Organize by life area, priority, or type -Manage your daily tasks like any other task manager -Add widgets for your goals, habits, and tasks to your home screen -Use it across iOS, Mac, Windows & Web

We’re building this with a lot of passion. If you’re into productivity, self-improvement, or just love trying out European-made tools, we’d love for you to check it out. Any feedback is welcome."

An Android app is coming soon, and is in development. There's a signup on their website if you want to be notified when it's released.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/60822935

"Trump's America threatens European soveregnity to its core. France has long been strivingt for strategic autonomy and proves that this is possible in Europe in a military, energy and technological sense as well. Here's what we can learn from them."

Also on Nebula (paywall): https://nebula.tv/videos/techaltar-france-shows-how-europe-can-survive-trump

geteilt von: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/24293733

We had this post a couple of days ago and people were discussing the technical specs of the cable: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/24120349

Seems like it actually is not too good and it may be better to choose one of those recommended here: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/22937894

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/41992548

So, as a proud European, I enjoy my ability to speak multiple languages, and there are two thing GBoard does well:

• Word suggestions in multiple languages - it is common for me to switch between my native language, Portuguese, and English, so when writing, GBoard fetches words to fill what I'm currently writing from both dictionaries, not just the one that is active.
• Japanese in a QWERTY layout - when I need to write in Japanese, I can switch the language to Japanese with QWERTY, so that when I write "ka", it shows "か"

I've tried a bunch of keyboards, but they either miss one or the other feature. Do you guys know of an alternative? Thanks in advance!

I didn't see them in any list up until now: http://noez.de/

A prepaid hoster located in Frankfurt. I have a VPS running since 6 month and am quite fond of the service.

Coming from the post about Ukrainian knives I would like to have a post similar to the Jeans post the other day.

Outdoor knives are more of a niche topic, but it plays well with some of my outdoor hobbies and knowing your options is also fun, so please keep em coming.

• Austria
  • https://www.lilienstahl.com/
• Belgium
  • http://cultra.be/
  • https://atelier185.be/
• Bulgaria
  • https://duloknives.com/
• Croatia
• Republic of Cyprus
• Czech Republic
  • https://www.anvknives.com/
• Denmark
  • http://riceknife.dk/
• Estonia
• Finland
  • https://varusteleka.com/ → Skrama knife
  • https://www.peltonenknives.de/
  • https://www.marttiini.fi/
  • https://www.iisakkijarvenpaa.fi/
  • https://www.fiskars.com/
• France
  • https://www.opinel.com/
  • https://lethiers.fr/les-fabricants/ → collective of firms that encourage handcrafted knives
  • http://forge-de-laguiole.com/ → more pocket knives
  • https://tb-outdoor.com/fr-be
• Germany
  • https://www.schnitzel-germany.de/
  • https://www.boker.de/en/ → includes many brands and different production sites.
  • https://www.eickhorn-solingen.de/
  • https://odenwolf.shop/
  • https://www.schmiedeglut.de/ especially the famous Sacki Messer
  • https://solinger-messer.de/collections/messer
• Greece
• Hungary
• Ireland
• Italy
  • https://www.mkm.it/en/
  • https://extremaratio.com/
  • https://coltelligiagu.it/
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Malta
• Netherlands
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Spain
  • https://www.joker.es/en/sport-knives/
  • https://www.arcos.com/
• Sweden
  • https://morakniv.se/en/
• Honorable Mentions
  • https://bpsknives.com/
  • https://eu.helle.com/
  • https://www.victorinox.com/
  • https://sheffieldknives.co.uk/

Looking for any Digikey (Electronic Components) alternative in Europe that is not Mauser.
I already know and buy from Mauser but would like other options.
For now I'm buying from AliExpress but would love a fully European supplier.

Thank you in advance for any answers.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/60623109

I know it's a niche topic, but for those of you into bushcraft, hiking, knives and things, take a look at the Ukrainian BPS Knives

https://bpsknives.com/

Mine in the picture is a 1066 carbon, full flat grind, 245 mm total length, 227 g including a very good leather sheath, and costed about 50 €. Egg for scale.

Greetings, everyone - Europeans, Canadians, British, Mexicans, anyone fighting to strenghten their own economies and their allied nations.

Forgive me for the obvious statements, but saying them out loud is never too much, whether for reinforcing them, or for anyone who hasn't considered them fully yet.

The reason to say this is because despite talking a big game, and fully meaning it, the fact is that Trump's US quickly falls back when they see us get together and retailiate. See how he was playing the game of "tariff, no tariff" with Canada. And how Canada was mostly spared this round of tariffs. This was not motivated by acts of kindness towards Canadians. It's a strategic move to buy time. Canada did as the US asked and greatly invested in border security, reducing fentanyl crossings to near zero - Trump's dismissive verdict after that: "there's still huge amounts of fentanyl coming from Canada so they'll get tariffs". Heck, even the EU got a 20% tariff, which is already lower than I personally expected to see. There's no winning or appeasing, obviously.

Don't let this be a temporary fad, in any nation now affected by the US bullying. It's not about what is currently happening, but that it can even happen at all. And if it happened now, even if the US stopped and we all collectivelly just said "let bygones be bygones" and went to business as usual, this can happen again in the future. Later in your life, or with your kids, or their kids.

More than anything it's in great part due to a cultural mindset. Of thinking that one nation is above others and using that mentality to create havoc. Trump may be getting old, but there's a whole army of people with his mindset already lined up for when he's gone. And in a culture that encourages such a mindset in the people seeking power. And we Europeans should know very well, as we have our own grim past with such tendencies, and vowed to be better from then on.

It's true most of us have been very complacent with the US - why fix what's not broken, after all? We all (including the US) have benefitted for years from this alliance of shared interest. And many times we put our own independency in second place in favor of US influence, from not investing in our security because they also wanted to secure bases and power in Europe and other parts of the globe, to not developing our own tech more than needed, and widely adopting their tech and culture into our daily lives.

The ironic thing is with how much we've allowed ourselves to be at the mercy of another people's vote. We don't get a say in who runs the US, and yet we're affected nonetheless by their leadership decisions. Don't get complacent. Be willing to aid others, but still be independent enough to thrive when others threaten you.

We must all stand together. Buy locally, then nationally, then from your allies, avoid empowering economies who want to see yours fail. Elect leaders who reinforce your sovereignty.

This is not a fad, but a new way of life. Don't let anyone (be it Russia, or the US, or China, or anyone else) divide you from other genuine allies just because they're not hitting you as bad as everyone else at one given time - because that will not last against bullies. Stand strong.

Apologies for the long rant. With kindness from the small Azorean islands.