This is an update on my european setup since my last post. Yeah, I know WhatsApp belongs to Meta and is handing over all my data to the US, Israel, Iran, China, the Vatican, and Mars, but for personal reasons, I can’t ditch it right now. How can I improve my setup?
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Get Signal, maybe some of your contacts are already on it!
Thanks for this! Switched from Organic Maps.
That looks a lot like Organic Maps 🤔. Oh, I see, it’s a fork.
I can’t really leave WhatsApp at the moment, but some European clients called “Haiket” and “Birdychat” were recommended to me for WhatsApp, so I’m going to try using them.
Ditch Uber for Bolt. They’re European and pay the drivers a bit better
Or use local by phone call.
I’ve heard of Bolt, but I can’t use it as an alternative because I’m not European (as ironic as that may be); I’m Latin American. I prefer using services from EU countries because I admire their privacy laws.
Not truly European setup. Besides Meta apps, Play store, Uber, Kagi and Roblox at least aren’t European.
it’s for reasons like this that I wrote “how can I improve my setup?” at the end of the post, with the intention of having people point out the mistakes and suggest alternatives, not just point out the flaws—that’s only half the job you should be doing, bro!
Use Bolt instead of Uber. An actual European service from Estonia.
Edit: and if you want to be more European in this regard, use your city’s public transit. There might be an app for it too.
I can’t use Bolt because I’m not European, but that last suggestion is actually quite interesting.
Ah, I see. Well, I hope that helps too. Plus there are apps that use the @transitous database. Maybe your city is there too.
I’m so disappointed to learn that Europe has Uber
Actually, I’m not European, I’m Latin American, but I like to make sure the services I use daily are from EU countries, since I really admire their privacy laws. As for Uber, there’s not much I can do; I need it to get around in my day-to-day life, and I can’t replace it with other apps.
I’ve just been using taxis, same as always
there are very few taxis in the places I go to
I know WhatsApp belongs to Meta and is handing over all my data to the US, Israel, Iran, China, the Vatican, and Mars, but for personal reasons, I can’t ditch it right now
You can y’know… - Old article, they work now
Birdychat is from Latvia - Madeometer
Haiket is from Cuba (I think), - Madeometer
Both are interopereable with whatsapp while we wait for the others.
I didn’t know either of them, I found it interesting, I might try using one of them, thanks for the suggestion.
Notesnook looks very nice but is Pakistani, right? Does anyone have any other good European suggestions? I’ve been using Joplin for a while but feel that it’s a bit clunky.
Kagi is not European, it’s from U.S.
it’s for reasons like this that I put “how can I improve my setup?” at the end of the post; I want suggestions on how to replace the apps that aren’t European
