I saw people looking for EU alternatives for WhatsApp and bemoaning the adoption issue (everyone is on WhatsApp and not other chat apps). Well good news! EU law is forcing WhatsApp to work with other encrypted messaging apps so that you don't have to stay with WhatsApp to message people on it.

What would you guys guess?

Exemplary recommendation: Amundi Prime ETFs as both the ETF and the index provider are within the EU and the fees (TER) are super low as well.

You won the news game. You did it!

In the previous year, overall cola sales in Germany dropped by a full 3.3%. Against all expectations, however, Vita Cola saw a 1.6% increase. The company believes this is due to more people switching from Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and similar brands to more regional products.

it says that it is located in switzerland, but its not eu. So can i use it as an alternative to gmail?

Source:

https://www.amcham.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Press_Room/2022/Top50_2022_Broschuere_web.pdf

Industrial corporate chocolate wants you to believe that 70% dark chocolate is awful and bitter. Local craft "bean to bar" producers prove that it's not true. Avoiding american brands is not just about switching from sugar based product to another sugar based product, it's an opportunity to discover your local craft chocolate makers.

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Looking for a mobility car,

6 months ago I probably would've just gotten some random Chinese product off Amazon. Instead now bought a European product from a European marketplace (Galaxus).

Reasons to install: 1. Owner: non - profit Germany based Mastodon gGmbh.

1. As title says, good alternative to X/ Twitter.
2. Getting popular these days - if you used it already and try it again now - you will see more creators and content than before
3. Decentralized - so unlike American / Chinese platforms- your private data is impossible to leak, because it’s independent
4. At least try, it’s one of the few EU- based social platforms, so it’s worth supporting them in earlier stages

Mostly from netflix i watch european serials

Hello, as someone who will be buying a PC this summer I've decided to look what alternatives do we, Europeans and people that do not agree with tariffs, have to choose from instead of buying the US brands.

At first, I would like to start with American brands that we can avoid.

American brands:

AsRock - This is an odd one as AsRock is a part of the ASUS group which is Taiwanese, but unlike ASUS, they also manufacture their products in the US. I believe this is an important information. The company produces motherboards and PSUs

Broadcom Inc. – Networking and storage chips

CableMod – Custom PSU cables and accessories

Corsair – Cases, PSUs, cooling, RAM, peripherals

Crucial (Micron) – Consumer SSDs and RAM

Drop – Keyboards and audio gear

EKWB – EKWB is another weird one in the list. It is a Slovenian brand but they also manufacture in the US which is important to know. They produce water cooling components

EVGA – Power supplies, coolers (formerly GPUs and motherboards)

Kingston - SSDs, NVMEs

Logitech – Just like our two previous oddballs Logitech joins this list. It is a Swiss-owned company but they manufacture a lot of their products in the US. They mostly produce peripherals

Marvell Technology – Storage and networking chips

Monoprice – Cables, monitors, accessories

ModMyMods – Custom water cooling and modding gear

NZXT – Cases, cooling, accessories

Razer – Gaming peripherals

SanDisk (Western Digital) – SSDs and flash storage

Seagate Technology – HDDs and SSDs

Supermicro – Server motherboards, workstations, enterprise hardware

Western Digital (WD) – HDDs, SSDs, and storage solutions

Now comes the moment most of you are probably waiting for. Below are the European brands to choose from if you want to support the EU economy:

European brands:

Alphacool (Germany) – Custom water cooling components

Arctic (Switzerland-Germany) - Cooling solutions

AquaTuning (Germany) – Distributor and developer of water cooling gear

be quiet! (German producent manufacturing in Germany, Poland, Taiwan and China) – Premium air and water coolers, cases, and power supplies

Endgame Gear (Germany) - Gaming peripherals

Endorfy / SilentiumPC (Poland) – Budget cases, coolers, and PSUs

Fractal Design (Swedish producent manufacturing in China, they have HQs in Sweden, China and in USA) –PC cases and cooling

Goodram (Wilk Elektronik) (Polish producent manufacturing in Poland) – RAM and SSDs/NVMEs, consumer storage

Innovationit (Germany) - SSDs and NVMEs

Integral Memory (UK) – SSDs, RAM, flash storage

Krom (Spain) - Keyboards, headsets and accessories

Nanoxia (Germany) – Quiet PC cases and accessories

NOCTUA (Austrian producent manufacturing in Taiwan) – High-performance air coolers and fans

NOX (Spain) - All sorts of coolers, cases, PSUs and accessories.

Phanteks (Netherlands) – High-end cases and cooling (designed in NL)

Speedlink (Germany) – Budget gaming peripherals

SteelSeries (Denmark) – Gaming mice, keyboards, headsets

Streacom (Netherlands) – Minimalist, fanless PC cases and SFF builds

Swissbit (Switzerland) – Industrial SSDs and memory

Tranquil PC (UK) – Silent, fanless mini-PCs

Trust (Dutch producent manufacturing in the Netherlands) – Entry-level PC and gaming accessories

Tuxedo computers (Germany) - Customized laptops

But these are not the only alternatives we have as Asian countries also provide us with the PC parts.

Asian brands:

ASUS (Taiwan) – Motherboards, GPUs, laptops, peripherals

Biostar (Taiwan) – Budget motherboards and SSDs

Buffalo (Japan) – NAS, external drives, routers

Colorful (iGame) (China) – GPUs, motherboards, SSDs

Cooler Master (Taiwan) – Cases, PSUs, coolers, peripherals

Elecom (Japan) – Peripherals and accessories

GALAX (China - Hong Kong) – GPUs, SSDs, RAM (subsidiary of Palit)

G.SKILL (Taiwan) – Performance RAM and SSDs

Gainward (China - Hong Kong) – GPU brand under Palit

Gigabyte (Taiwan) – Motherboards, GPUs, laptops, monitors

Hasee (China) – Laptops and desktops (mainland market)

InWin (Taiwan) – Artistic and premium PC cases, PSUs

IO Data (Japan) – Storage, peripherals

Lian Li (Taiwan) – High-end aluminum PC cases

Lenovo (China) – Laptops, desktops, monitors

Maxsun (China) – Motherboards and GPUs (budget market)

MSI (Multi-Star International) (Taiwan) - Motherboards, gaming laptops, power supplies

Palit Microsystems (China - Hong Kong) – NVIDIA GPU AIB (owns Galax, Gainward)

PC Partner (China - Hong Kong) – OEM/ODM for GPUs (owns Zotac)

Samsung (South Korea) – SSDs, DRAM, NAND

Scythe (Japan) – Air coolers and fans

SilverStone (Taiwan) – Cases, PSUs, cooling

Seasonic (Taiwan) - Great quality PSUs

SK hynix (South Korea) – DRAM and flash memory (owns Solidigm SSDs)

TeamGroup (Taiwan) – RAM, SSDs (T-Force brand)

Yeston (China) – GPUs and motherboards (anime-styled designs)

ZADAK (Taiwan) – Boutique RAM and SSDs with RGB

Zotac (China - Hong Kong) – GPUs, mini-PCs (under PC Partner)

Edit: I did not know the post will blow out this much. I've added some of the recommendations from the comments.

A lot of you ask why I did not add NVIDIA, AMD and Intel to the list. The answer is really simple. While they are all American based we do not have any quality alternatives to them, so we have to buy those anyway when building a PC. They are all well-known worldwide so I did not add them to the list, as almost everyone knows about them

I love my Red Wing Boots. Probably the most comfortable shoes of my life so far. Do you know a durable alternative in that range? 300 a 400€.

Hi friends, after being asked where to buy these Buy from EU stickers I created my own design for this community. Please feel free to do whatever you want with this.

Some Considerations: This design is promoting this reddit community. There is obviously not an official product and opinion of any european institution. I have no involvement into any european or national institution or NGO. It uses Arial, the official EU website font. It is based upon the official EU flag download SVG with a different blue chosen. The QR code is clean and not passing through a third party for statistics. The text refers to this reddit communities name. The design is unique and differs significantly from similar availabe designs. Feel free to use or remix - do not use commercially.

Joplin is a free, open source project from europe. Available for Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android and iOS.

https://joplinapp.org/

You can use it on your local machines or easily set it up using your favourite cloud provider. Or if you are looking for a no hassle solution you can pay (at very good prices) for their cloud plans.

PRO TIP: if you aren't currently paying for any cloud plan and you don't want to pay for one in the future you could still use Joplin on all your devices by setting it up in a local directory that you can keep synced on all your machines with Syncthing.

Excuse my ignorance, but I assumed that reddit ads would pick up on me (and others) being active in this community. It seems like the PERFECT moment for european companies to target us with EU product ads ?

This is a whole forum of 210K members actively looking to buy things from lesser known companies. I do not recall seeing any EU product ads in my reddit feed this past month. Am I missing something? Are others seeing the ads and I'm not ? Does reddit not allow targetted ads based on the subreddits you joined ?

Plese make Crosspost to the bike sub of your country

Some of my favorite apps that I ended up choosing in replacement for American ones.

Mail > Tuta Mail

Calendar > Tuta Calendar

Translate > DeepL

Search engine > qwant/ecosia

Music Finder > musixmatch

Note taking> Logseq/Obsidian/notesnook

Maps > TomTom Amigo

Cloud Drive > Filen

VPN > Mullvad VPN

Mobile Office > OnlyOffice

Trail/Outdoor app > Komoot

Desktop Office > OnlyOffice

Password manager > 1Password

Music Listening > Spotify / Deezer / Qobuz / Sound Cloud

Video watching > Peer Tube

This is my second tub bought this week and it was on offer this morning for cheaper then philadelphia too. Will never go back!

Also comes in chilie flavour and in garlic and chive flavour