Buy European

Funny how most of the list is pretty one sided with all of the famous brands on the same side, but half them items have the famous brands in America and half have it on the European side.

I'd really like to get rid of Google Maps, but the alternatives I've tried failed to make a good replacement.

I use the bus / tram / metro more than anything, and occasionally drive long distances. I'm okay with having two different apps for driving and public transport.

Any suggestions ?

Mistral le Chat is an idiot, sadly. I’d love an alternative to OpenAI, but that isn’t it.

This list seems a bit flawed, for instance on the travel line, Trivago is owned by Expedia in the US and Booking is headquartered in Amsterdam.

Also including BlueSky seems a little odd given the intent

HMD could be mentioned in electronics, they're Finnish and they make smartphones. The CPUs in some of their phones are from Unisoc who are Chinese; maybe some people would want to know that. In their other phones they use Qualcomm CPUs, and Qualcomm are American.

Also there are more alternatives to American goods/services outside of Europe, e.g. goods/services from places like Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, Canada, New Zealand.

E.g. South Korean cars (Hyundai and Kia) or Taiwanese electronics (Asus, Acer, MSI).

Don't forget A.G. Barr for drinks, Iron Bru, Rubicon

Delta Chat might also be worth mentioning/adding. Haven’t used it extensively but the feature set is promising.

Shop at Aldi or Lidl (German). Although Asda isn't owned by Walmart any more, so I think British supermarkets are all pretty British again, apart from Safeway but I haven't seen one of those in a long time.

Also: avoid AKG, consider Austrian Audio.

AKG is a popular brand in professional music and audiophile circles. It was bought by Samsung in 2016, who promptly drove the company into the ground, closed their Austrian facilities, and moved headquarters to America and production to SE-Asia. AKG's name is now used for brand recognition on Samsung's generic big tech garbage. Yes, I'm still salty about it.

Austrian Audio was founded by the actual engineers who worked at AKG, currently owned by a Danish audio tech company. They produce high-end professional headphones.

Damn, I wish I had MAX were I live. I was in Sweden last summer and my SO didn't let me go to MAX 😭

For messaging: Element on Matrix (decentralized)

Is any 7-11 still US? I thought 7&I holdings here in Japan bought it all.

And for software like Microsoft and Adobe: