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Dutch parliament calls for end to dependence on US software companies (www.reuters.com)
Every step forwards is a step forwards in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

It is, but at least the CEO does not make Nazi salutes

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When seeing all those alternatives to branded products... (europe.pub)
 
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Amazon refuses to take legal responsibility for consumer safety, Sues federal watchdog agency-Consumer Product Safety Commission;Argues it's not responsible for recalling items sold by third parties. (advocacy.consumerreports.org)
 

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/27108135

In the suit, Amazon argues that the company should not have legal responsibility to recall and remedy consumers for unsafe products sold on its marketplace by third-party sellers. Amazon claims that it is just an intermediary and logistics provider for third-party sales, similar to a delivery service, not a distributor or retailer that has a legal responsibility to carry out recalls. The CPSC ordered Amazon to recall more than 400,000 unsafe products in July 2024, after more than three years of adjudication.

“Instead of demonstrating its commitment to consumer safety, Amazon has fought the CPSC every step of the way for more than three years, and now it’s going to court. The law is clear that Amazon is a ‘distributor’ in this case and must carry out a recall. It’s absurd to suggest that because a company hosts a marketplace online it should be exempt from sensible requirements that help get hazardous products out of people’s homes and prevent them from being sold. The court should reject Amazon’s arguments. Taking Amazon at its word would mean hazardous products slipping through the cracks, even when they are capable of injuring or killing people.”

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Bookwyrm.social, BookBrainz, OpenLibrary, etc. (feddit.nl)
 

cross-posted from: https://feddit.nl/post/30601987

Just here to shed some light on Bookwyrm.social, the Fediverse equivalent of Goodreads. I've been doing some more reading lately, and I like to keep track of what I read and also I like reading other's review, suggestions, etc. Now I boycot amazon and others big tech as much as possible, so for me Bookwyrm.social is the place to be. It's steadily growing I think, but I thought it deserved some more attention, therefor this post. Same goes for BookBrainz and to a lesser extend IA's Openlibrary. OpenLibrary is, among other things, a place where people catalogue book-metadata, and if a book is not on Bookwyrm.social yet, it can often be imported from OpenLibrary. Problem with OpenLibrary is that the data is often messy and there are a lot of duplicates. That's where BookBrainz comes in, the book-equivalent of MusicBrainz. They're not that big yet, but what they do very well is that they have got very clean data. I feel like BookBrainz has the potential to be the perfect source of data on books, for other apps to use as they please, similar to how MusicBrainz is already functioning. It just needs more contributors, but I'm sure it's steadily growing. I just started doing my part, adding the books I read on all three.

Would love to hear thoughts on these platforms, as well as other platform suggestion if you've got any.

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Open letter: ~100 EU companies urge EU lawmakers to take “radical action” to shrink the reliance on foreign infrastructure by fostering a so-called “Euro stack”. (www.theregister.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/27088837

Nearly 100 orgs plead for homegrown lifeline amid geopolitical tensions

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LibreOffice is a free, open-source office suite developed by TDF, based in Germany. (europe.pub)
 

cross-posted from: https://europe.pub/post/12592

Originally posted on Reddit

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Well done, Denmark (i.postimg.cc)
 
Meditations - Medito Foundation - alternative app to Down dog in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Thank you for the additional context!

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47% of Danes are avoiding US products now (nyheder.tv2.dk)
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Meditations - Medito Foundation - alternative app to Down dog (meditofoundation.org)
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European tech industry coalition calls for 'radical action' on digital sovereignty — starting with buying local (techcrunch.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/23996234

The rallying call to put European tech first — backed by companies including Airbus, Element, OVHCloud, Murena, Nextcloud, and Proton, to name a few — follows the shock of the Munich security conference, where U.S. Vice President JD Vance tore into Europe like an attack dog, leaving delegates in no doubt that the post-War international order is in tatters and all bets are off when it comes to what the U.S. might do under President Donald Trump.

Key tech infrastructure that’s owned and operated by U.S. companies doesn’t look like such a solid buy, from a European perspective, if a presidential executive order can be issued forcing U.S. firms to switch off service provision or terminate a supply chain at a pen stroke.

“Imagine Europe without internet search, email, or office software. It would mean the complete breakdown of our society. Sounds unrealistic? Well, something similar just happened to Ukraine,” Wolfgang Oels, COO of the Berlin-based, tree-planting search engine Ecosia — one signatory to the letter that was already taking steps aimed at reducing its dependency on U.S. Big Tech suppliers — tells TechCrunch.

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New version of the guide for change (I'm not the author) (i.postimg.cc)
 

Credits: https://old.reddit.com/r/BuyFromEU/comments/1jcr8ks/here_is_the_new_and_improved_guide_to_help_you/

It's starting to become a bit ridiculous in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

And I'm just going to copy paste what I put in another posts about crossposts

My personal stance on this is that

If rules, moderation policies and admin policies are similar, there should only be one community on a single topic while we have a userbase below 100k

This allows for [email protected] and [email protected] to coexist, as there is a reason for them to (different moderation policies). It's similar for [email protected] and [email protected], as those communities have different principles and perspectives on their topic.

This suggests to consolidate communities like [email protected] and [email protected]

Another recent example is

These three communities have similar rules, similar moderation and admin policies. They should be consolidated. And I know this is a very controversial topic, but I made a longer post recently on [email protected] for people interested.

In summary, my main argument is that

  • even though subscribers can potentially subscribe to all communities on a topic
  • posters are only going to post to one community, because they want the conversation to happen with the most people in one place, which is not the case if you crosspost as the comments gets splintered across the different communities

To take a recent example

As a member of both communities, I find it a pain to have two similar communities even more so when both post the exact same content because it creates more noise in my feed and because it forces me to waste my time and energy deciding where I will read said duplicated content and maybe post a comment. The solution is obvious: I will unsubscribe from one (for the time being, I still follow the two communities).

https://jlai.lu/post/16318139/13038429

There is a natural tendency of "one community emerges as the main one" on several topics

If one community does not emerge as the main one, it's usually because two or more regular posters maintain both communities active by posting to their preferred community.

So, my suggestions are to consolidate similar communities. This single decision will not make this platform similar to Reddit. On Reddit, you had no way to complain about power tripping mods, there were no public modlogs, and discourse criticizing the mods or the admins would get silenced.

Here, we have [email protected], and recent examples have shown that the community can actually resist power tripping: https://feddit.org/post/7025680/4263481.

If the mods of the consolidated community start to power trip, document this on [email protected] and reorganize on the alternative communities. If not, stay on that one community, to foster more active conversations and posts.

That's the theory we encourage on [email protected], feel free to join us there to discuss this further.

It's starting to become a bit ridiculous in c/[email protected]
It's starting to become a bit ridiculous in c/[email protected]
It's starting to become a bit ridiculous in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

You need to ask mods of the new communities to configure them to only allow their target language.

Most of the communities on jlai.lu only allow French.

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It's starting to become a bit ridiculous (i.imgflip.com)
 

At least the [email protected] admin said they would contact the mods of [email protected], hopefully some consolidation can happen: https://europe.pub/post/514

Gerband tape from Thomann, the best 3M alternative in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Thanks, updated!

Gerband tape from Thomann, the best 3M alternative in c/[email protected]
Don’t just buy from the EU, buy local first in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Seems like the admins would be open for cooperation https://feddit.nl/post/30482662/16071294

RFC: Next steps to set up a co-op in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Seems great!

You may want to maybe start a dedicated community and/or Matrix space, it might be easier to organize than here

Don’t just buy from the EU, buy local first in c/[email protected]
Careful when buying RedBull - also Reddit mods... in c/[email protected]
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