The Search Engine Map
by @Mojeek
The map is interactive, so you can click on each circle to find out more about the different search engines.
We'd love to know when the map was made, as some of the info looks out of date, but unfortunately we couldn't find that information. And the repo on GitHub no longer exists!
European search engines listed:
Mojeek 
Oscobo
Entireweb 
Metager 
Ecosia
Lilo 
Qwant
eTools.ch 
Swisscows
ZapMeta 
Startpage
Netflix versus Arte
Arte TV:
https://www.arte.tv/en/
Arte Concerts:
https://www.arte.tv/en/arte-concert/
Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/@arte
Image source: https://www.reddit.com/r/BuyFromEU/comments/1jaj76t/the_app_works_great_and_they_also_offer_games_btw/
#netflix #arte #europeanalternatives
Do you know JOPLIN? It's a nice European alternative to apps like Evernote, Google Keep, Notion, Microsoft OneNote.
Joplin is a free, open source note-taking and to-do application, which can handle a large number of notes organised into notebooks. You can search your notes, copy them, tag them and modify them either from the app itself or from your own text editor. The notes are in Markdown format, which is great.
It was created by Laurent Cozic back in 2016 as an alternative to Evernote. It's cloud service is hosted in Paris, France. They focus on privacy, security and transparency.
It's open source and offline-first, so you can always access your data on the device, even when you're not connected to the internet.
It's got all the basics you'd expect, and you can also attach images, videos, audio files and PDFs to your notebooks.
There's a huge community of people who have made extra features possible with their plugins.
It's also super easy to export and import your files, which is great if you're worried about vendor lock-in.
The handy web clipper extension lets you save web pages or take screenshots in the browser and save them to your notes.
Check all the features in their website:
https://joplinapp.org
#notetaking #opensource #BuyFromEU #europeanalternatives
Follow them on Mastodon: @joplinapp
Do you need an #European e-reader and tablet?
The reMarkable 
is a very serious European alternative created by a Norwegian startup.
To avoid temptations, if you don't need one, don't visit their website or watch their videos, otherwise you may end up buying one, as we did. We love it but it's not cheap, as they only produce it in small quantities.
The reMarkable is an E Ink writing tablet designed for reading documents and textbooks, sketching, and taking notes. It's designed to feel like writing on paper.
What we like the most:
- you can read #ebooks or documents in various formats, including pdf. It's like a Kindle. And you can make notes in your ebooks, for example.
- it REALLY feels like you're writing and sketching on paper. It's impressively well done 
- there are many of different templates you can use and download on the internet 
- you can write notes by hand and convert them into digital text. It can even translate your handwritten text into another language 
- you can also automatically save your files in the cloud and in your computer. 
If you're interested, you can find more information on their website, which is full of useful tips.
Do you have any too? We'd love to know what you think! 
De-google-ify Internet
Amazing campaign by the French not-for-profit association Framasoft.
The De-google-ify Internet project offers 26 ethical and alternative online tools that may be used by everyone.
They build open source alternatives to many Google services like Youtube, Agenda, Docs, Forms, Maps etc, as well other services to replace Doodle, Facebook Event, Github, Zoom, Slack and much more!
Check their beautiful website, watch the videos to know more about their work and follow them here in Mastodon:
European Alternatives is a website listing digital and technology services based within the European Union. You can follow at:
The website is at https://european-alternatives.eu
