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Really, the EU/UK need to work on alternatives to these marketplaces. I don't think we should outsource this to China as they are equally as authoritarian as the US is becoming.
- Browsers: I think both major engines have significant US-based development, Is there a viable alternative to Webkit/Blink and Gecko? Servo is promising but not ready yet. Dillo's too primitive. (At least they're both open-source.)
- Operating Systems: We can avoid commercial US operating systems (Apple MacOS X / iOS, Microsoft Windows, Oracle Solaris), in their place use open-source ones with international contributors (various Linux distributions and BSD flavours)
- Cloud hosting: Avoid Amazon AWS, Google Cloud Engine, Microsoft Azure, Vultr for cloud hosting, consider smaller local players instead (e.g. BinaryLane in Australia)
- Email providers: Avoid Gmail, either host yourself or consider local and non-US players. nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq3d2402jwe8g4jlsv6vneehj4zlwj06446sx9lhpg0hsxdgm02c0s2nw0mv (nprofile…w0mv) and nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqa76kz9rpksup2tye06uf67w2gffyvmp70q7je0fluxukul20xjpqflq4ju (nprofile…q4ju) could be worth looking at.
- Travel: go local, most people don't explore their own back yards.
Stuart Longland (VK4MSL) /
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2025-04-02 21:18:46
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