Overview:
The community to discuss buying European goods and services.
Rules:
Be kind to each other, and argue in good faith. No direct insults nor disrespectful and condescending comments.
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Feddit.uk's instance rules apply:
Useful Websites
General BuyEuropean product database: https://buy-european.net/ (relevant post with background info)
Switching your tech to European TLDR: https://better-tech.eu/tldr/ (relevant post)
Buy European meta website with useful links: https://gohug.eu/ (relevant post)
Benefits of Buying Local:
local investment, job creation, innovation, increased competition, more redundancy.
European Instances
Lemmy:
Basque Country: https://lemmy.eus/
๐ง๐ช Belgium: https://0d.gs/
๐ง๐ฌ Bulgaria: https://feddit.bg/
Catalonia: https://lemmy.cat/
๐จ๐ฟCzech Republic https://lemmings.world/
๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark, including Greenland (for now): https://feddit.dk/
๐ช๐บ Europe: https://europe.pub/
๐ซ๐ท๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ญ France, Belgium, Switzerland: https://jlai.lu/
๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐น๐จ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฎ Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Lichtenstein: https://feddit.org/
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland: https://sopuli.xyz/ & https://suppo.fi/
๐ฎ๐ธ Iceland: https://feddit.is/
๐ฎ๐น Italy: https://feddit.it/
๐ฑ๐น Lithuania: https://group.lt/
๐ฑ๐บ Luxembourg https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/
๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands: https://feddit.nl/
๐ต๐ฑ Poland: https://fedit.pl/ & https://szmer.info/
๐ต๐น Portugal: https://lemmy.pt/
๐ธ๐ฎ Slovenia: https://gregtech.eu/
๐ธ๐ช Sweden: https://feddit.nu/
๐น๐ท Turkey: https://lemmy.com.tr/
๐ฌ๐ง UK: https://feddit.uk/
Friendica:
๐ฆ๐น Austria: https://friendica.io/
๐ฎ๐น Italy: https://poliverso.org/
๐ฉ๐ช Germany: https://piratenpartei.social/ & https://anonsys.net/
๐ซ๐ท Significant French speaking userbase: https://social.trom.tf/
๐ต๐ฑ Poland: soc.citizen4.eu
Matrix:
๐ฌ๐ง UK: matrix.org & glasgow.social
๐ซ๐ท France: tendomium & imagisphe.re & hadoly.fr
๐ฉ๐ช Germany: tchncs.de, catgirl.cloud, pub.solar, yatrix.org, digitalprivacy.diy, oblak.be, nope.chat, hot-chilli.im, synod.im & rollenspiel.chat
๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands: bark.lgbt
๐ฆ๐น Austria: gemeinsam.jetzt & private.coffee
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland: pikaviestin.fi & chat.blahaj.zone
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I just installed revolt and gave it a try. It seems like a much more promising discord alternative than matrix which I also just tried over the weekend.
Now the hard part is getting all the communities I use discord for to move over. Maybe after the IPO and next wave of enshitification the migration will really get rolling.
Revolt or Stoat? Because Revolt is the old project and doesn't have voice chat implemented.
Are you sure itโs decentralised? Last time I checked you could just install your own server, but servers are not interconnected.
Decentralized โ Federated
But I don't know if there is federation. It is decentralized because compared to Discord, everything isn't on a central server but can be hosted on an independent instance. However bots that bridge servers between instances seem to already exist.
It would be a real game changer if it was federated!
Yeah afaik itโs not federated. Itโs been a month or two since Iโve checked up on it though
Isn't Matrix the perfect fit for this?
No. Please don't ever mention Matrix as an alternative to Discord ever again. A lot of people I know from Discord would never switch to Matrix because it lacks the ease of Discord. Matrix is rather an alternative to Slack or Mattermost.
Why not Matrix?
Because Matrix is not a Discord alternative. It has a completely different layout and features (such as custom roles). Plus no one of my usual friends likes Matrix.
How many of your friends use Stoat?
One. The rest is still on Discord, because Stoat hasn't officially released video chat and screensharing yet. And because Matrix is not a viable alternative for them. Anyone familiar with Discord won't seriously claim Matrix to be an alternative. I may use Matrix, but not for stuff I use Discord for.
Interesting. The only times I was invited on Discord was for calls (video and audio) and chatting, which Matrix has. What's so special about Discord's video chat and screensharing?
Matrix has video rooms which act as voice rooms if you turn off video, you can screenshare too. Just activate the "Video Rooms Beta" (Settings --> Labs --> Video Rooms Beta) and you're set.
Last time I checked you can't just simply screenshare on Element X. And video rooms requires a Jitsi opt in. Also there are many organisational features such as custom roles that Matrix frontends don't have.
Because it's supposed to be something to replace Discord. I use Matrix, but you can't seriously compare the two. The features are different. You wouldn't compare Matrix with Zoom, would you?
Why not? Matrix has a call feature too, has it not? Can't you share a link that anybody can use to join a call too? How is that different from Zoom?