edit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Access_Industries Access Industries owns Deezer. They invest in the US and Israel and have donated millions to republicans in the past.

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[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Spotify shouldn't be on this list... They exploit artists and platform joe rogans horseshit for profit

[–] nuko147@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

And i think they donated money to Trump also.

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[–] gon@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Both Tuta and Proton have a free tier for their email. Also, I think Infomaniak's kmail might be an even better replacement for the typical email/cloud providers than the aforementioned, for normies at least.

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Why does nobody ever remember about the Vivaldi browser?

[–] simbico@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 years ago

It's also chromium based. But other than that it's european and a pretty cool browser!

[–] gon@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

Well, certainly not nobody, I hear it mentioned quite often on the internet! Just make sure to keep talking about it, if you want it to get more popular :D

[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

What makes Vivaldi better than other Chromium-based browsers in terms of privacy and such?

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[–] Linearity@infosec.pub 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Orion is not a paid browser. Kagi, however, is a paid search engine, and Orion was made by the Kagi team. The browser is completely free and is in all Apple OSs (coming to Linux soon) and gathers absolutely no data. And the browser comes with no search engine chosen by default so it isn’t really an ad for Kagi.

I personally think it’s amazing especially how you can have both Firefox and Chrome extensions on it. Its only issue is it being proprietary.

[–] SrMono@feddit.org 4 points 2 years ago

Orion was really well made. It is still beta, but when it is more stable, I'll give it a second go! 100% recommended.

[–] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

After switching your search engine, hop into your European time-machine and go back to February to continue this guide.

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[–] AEGIS2317@feddit.org 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

can anybody explain why people hate on Waterfox? I'm using it for over a year now and it's been great so far!

[–] Bogasse@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I think it's about none of Firefox forks being remotely capable of evolving on their own. So any large scale push to leave Firefox for any of these forks might only hurt Firefox which would in turn hurt its forks.

My insignificant opinion on the matter is that it's great to have different flavors of Firefox that might be better suited for you, but it doesn't appear to lead to a solution to the underlying issue.

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[–] SrMono@feddit.org 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I would be more interested in why they didn't go with LibreWolf?

[–] AEGIS2317@feddit.org 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

i tried librewolf about 2 years ago but it didn't quite work for me since it's high security settings were breaking the sites i visited :O

[–] fusiono@feddit.uk 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

New version still misspells it "Mastadon" haha

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[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Is it possible to set up a signal server, or is it not completely FOSS?

[–] ueeu@social.vivaldi.net 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

@Valmond @SrMono

If you want to selfhost your own messenger, you can with Matrix or XMPP. XMPP, for ex, is the protocol used by WhatsApp.

Edited: removed Signal. Actually it seems it's the encryption tool (OMEMO) for XMPP that is based on Signal protocol.

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[–] SrMono@feddit.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It isn't at all. It is closed source powered by an American non-profit organization. You can consider this organization as friendly.

They recurrently said, they would shut the gates if U.S. government/law wants them to store more than metdata (phone number+last activity date) they are storing.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So noodlejetskis comment below is wrong?

Thanks for the info BTW, I'm an avid user and proponent of Signal (best out there today eh.)

[–] rraggl@mastodon.nl 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

@Valmond @SrMono Most popular out there and one of the easiest to set up / easiest to convince non-tech users to switch over to. Not the best... For me, that award would go to Matrix / Element.

Threema would be second (and should be first), but many will balk at the shocking fact that they dare to ask money to contribute to their development and operation costs...

[–] MischievousGT@feddit.org 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

What about SimpleX Chat? Comes without identifiers, is open source and not located in the US. Relay Servers are located in Germany, UK and Sweden and it's possible to host your own. Last audit was in 2024. No metadata is stored. Fundings are handled very transparently and presentated on the Website.

Not meaning to advertise it, just genuine interested in other peoples opinion.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago

You kinda want to only use simpleX for secret communications, things you don't want anyone unauthorized to know about. It's not really made for the use-cases that discord is and it's good to keep a secrecy hygiene so you don't accidentally send sensitive information to the wrong chat.

Meanwhile element (matrix) is specifically targeted at the same use-cases as discord and has good enough end-to-end encryption for general family chats and such, things you'd very much prefer not just being out there in the open but also no one is ever going to bother hacking into.

[–] SrMono@feddit.org 3 points 2 years ago

In terms of security I would go Matrix, Threema, Signal.. in terms of usability I would say Signal, Threema, Matrix.

Threema also has a Business line which helps to cover the cost, but yea.. the price went up from 1€ to 5€. Back in the days I sponsored some licenses and spilled a bunch 1€ in the club like a rich man.

[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

you can set up your own server for your own needs as far as I know, but you'll probably have to build your own version of the client to connect to it. there's no decentralisation.

[–] Sorse@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

In what way is mastodon privacy focused?

[–] SrMono@feddit.org 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Well, the flyer originated here: https://old.reddit.com/r/BuyFromEU/comments/1jcr8ks/here_is_the_new_and_improved_guide_to_help_you/ but mastodon stands out as it has no commercial driver. There aren't any ad-services profiling you, so that is a big win for your privacy.

[–] Sorse@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yeah, but all your data is public, everyone can see it

[–] skarn@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago

Your data isn't limited to your toots though.

Mastodon isn't profiling your clicks, how long you spend reading each post, your DMs, your geolocation, your IP, stealing the addressbook from your phone, forcing you to use the app to steal more data, checking what other apps you have installed, track you around all the internet, and all the other toxic profiling bullshit that big tech social media does to beef up your advertisement profile.

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[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

focused is not a good word for it but i do think it's fair to say that not actively milking you for data is caring about privacy these days.

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[–] EuroCentrist@feddit.org 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why not use something like Matrix (Element) as a messenger alternative?

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[–] Kualdir@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago

There's also the free ksuite mail/drive as a free email alternative!

[–] CreativeCider@feddit.org 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

No Threema?

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[–] RedPandaRaider@feddit.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is Waterfox the most recommended Firefox alternative nowadays after the recent Firefox controversy?

Also not sure I would call Proton privacy focused. I still use it, but they have been rating out an environment activist to French authorities before.

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[–] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Honest question, is Switzerland a part of the EU now, or do they just get a pass for being surrounded?

[–] rraggl@mastodon.nl 5 points 2 years ago

@RvTV95XBeo @SrMono No, but what is your gripe? Located in Europe. Spend most of their money in Europe and have the same general mentality. Strongly focused on privacy.

[–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 2 points 2 years ago

They are not an official member, but being surrounded by EU countries lead to them being included in a lot of treaties and such.

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[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Last time I read here that Tidal is American. Which is it then?

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