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Version 2 of the European app alternatives. Feel free to share it :)
Since I canceled Claude and ChatGPT I'm really enjoying https://chat.mistral.ai/ It might be a few months behind quality wise, but it is really fast, which is great for quick searches and brainstorming. It even has a canvas feature now.
https://arcanechat.me/ is also European (Germany) and is decentralized, fully OpenSource, free/gratis and registration requires ZERO personal data! Everything is End-to-end encrypted between people, server can't see any data which is encrypted and stored only temporarily on the server
Took this post as motivation to try some out.
Here WeGo: actually pretty intuitive! Better than OSMand and Organic Maps in terms of Car Navigation (actual Voice and not TTS Voice from android) and 3D sounds that you have to get used to but coule make listening to instrucrions in stressfull sitations easier. Also optional: speeding warning ring sound and shield head up-sound effects (yield, stop, train crossing, etc.) Each with a special sound so you might get better prepared for the next yield or stop sign since your NAV app told ya already that one is coming up soon.
Deezer: Well some usability things annoy me. Also some problems with the android tv client...
Bit the flow mode (random shuffle in genres or moods (happy, party, chill...) that also has a toggle if you want the shuffle be based of songs you have in your playlists/liked already or if you want to go on a jurney to find new songs.
Pretty geat so far!
Qwant: well the search results hit good. Dark theme is a lil worse than DDG's dark theme but thats just preference. Some !bang searches are not available though. DDG has many more listed than Qwant. But we're getting there!
https://delta.chat/ is also European but is decentralized unlike threema which means you don’t rely on one company to keep the servers up or your communications stop working.
Peertube doesn't work
PeerTube work just fine.
Why am I betting bolt probably isn't going to be a viable ride service option for americans
no its ok
What?
bolt is okay, or what do you mean its not viable for americans? why not?
Because as of Feb 2024, it still hasn't rolled out to the US
And their availability page seems to correlate that.
Besides, even if it did, it would take years for it to become accessible to people not living in a big city. It took a long time for Lyft rides to even start showing up where I was in a mildly dense suburb. Ride share usage depends on supply, and if there's no, or a low supply of bolt drivers, there's going to be little to no usage from customers because "I need to go now, I'll just get an Uber"
if you're considering Qobuz, it's amazing, and if you're a student it's quite affordable with their student plan.
unrelated tool, for more technical folks <3
I wish there would be some good european LLMs for agentic coding..
i found codestral. not as good as claude of course but it might become a viable alternative
searXNG
One thing that list shows me is that Google are incredibly good at what they do, and have a finger in almost every pie imaginable.
Google Photos, Google Pass...
And they're all excellent products, too.
True, but FOSS and free alternatives are very good too. I am amazed by Immich for example (Photos) or Organic Maps (Maps), Tuta (Mails) or Bitwarden (Pass). I have cut my ties with Google personnaly and try to get my close ones to follow but they are not always interested even if I propose the service selfhosted for free.
For mail I use mailo which is french. But I use a lot of other providers like disroot and my own email domain.