Slowly beginning to use European alternatives for the following. See the list below.
I figured it was a good start to all the new ones around here: Google -> Qwant Apple Music -> Qobuz ChatGPT -> Me Chat Twitter/X -> Mastodon
And of course: Reddit -> Lemmy
I will update this list as I continue ๐๐ผ
Could you expand on the privacy issues you refer to?
The wikipedia article doesn't make much sense nor present anything too concerning.
It also reads like a machine translation so it might be some nuance is simply lost there.
The french version has a bit more info, if you speak french
The last part in english is still recent and concerning :
"### CNIL and the Qwant - Microsoft Partnership
In February 2025, the CNIL issued a legal reminder to Qwant, stating that the data processed by the search engine to Microsoft was personal data rather than anonymous data"
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commission_nationale_de_l%27informatique_et_des_libert%C3%A9s
Thanks! And yes that's bad. Especially since it's clearly an ongoing issue.
Shame, I liked the results a bit better than those I was getting on DDG.