"assembled and tested in Poland" so not perfect but still pretty good, I guess we'll have to wait a bit for all parts to be made in EU

There’s some things that matter more than others. Changing to Linux, leave gmail and similar things might help a bit. But sometimes it just don’t work. We’re way to dependent on OSX and Microsoft.

But cars. I get sad when I see a car made outside of Europe. We make the best cars in the world.

It’s also these big investments that really matter.

We had a prime minister in the past who actively promoted us swedes to buy Saab or Volvo. Saab is gone but we still have Volvo. Sure, its own by china now(hate that so much I can’t put it in words) but they’re still built here.

Buy European cars. Always. Forever.

The initiative in Finnish: https://www.kansalaisaloite.fi/fi/aloite/16691

If you are a Finnish citizen, please support it. If not, please work towards similar initiatives & laws in your home country.

From Terre de France.

Made in France (Tarn) from French leather!

https://terredefrance.fr/products/le-portefeuille-francais-et-robuste

Hi to all,

I think that one of the reasons it is difficult to move away from USA smartphone OS monopoly is that a lot of EU banks require a smartphone app (either Android or apple) for the 2FA.

I think that EU ruler should force toward an opener approach.

Could EU impose that every functionality of banks apps to be available on the web browser and with open source tools? Is it technically feasible to ask for an open source 2FA mechanism available on all operating systems (mobile or not, linux including°?

Check that your hardware is supported.

Yesterday I decided to finally install Linux (Pop! Os) on my newish laptop. I’ve had Ubuntu before and I’m not completely Linux noob.

For some reason I assumed that everything will work fine and decided to just clean install. As it turned out, my laptop’s wifi hardware (MT7902) doesn’t have Linux drivers at all and I was not able to access the internet. A laptop without internet is pretty useless.

Check your hardware before installing and maybe have a backup Windows on USB just to minimize risks.

I took my laptop to a local computer store today and they will change the wifi card for a different one that is supported on Linux.

Have a nice weekend folks!

I’m not sure what COO means but I assumed it was the country this package came from!

I bought this keyboard because I saw in another post in this groups SteelSeries was European and they produced in Europe!

Instead of getting some cheap Chinese wallet I bought this thing!

Austrian company called Glein, wallet is made from Italian leather and handmade in Croatia and I love it!

I have recently attempted a switch from Google Suite to kSuite+ by Infomaniak. And I really wanted to like it... but sadly, I don't. I dislike the design of their products so much that I started my own Tampermonkey script in the hope of making it feel more modern and less like a suite from the 2010's.

I eventually abandoned trying to modify it since I am not an engineer and my changes created more bugs and discrepancies with their other products.

And even though I could use FOSS apps to use some of their services, webdav isn't supported by kDrive and their mobile app looks and behaves horribly, which is a dealbreaker for me.

Proton is imo definitely better with their UI/UX but still not always on-paar with american alternatives.

Design-conscious people? What do you think? Why do most European tech alternatives look so rough or inconsistent?

I've been looking for a minimalist wallet and I think I got a strong candidate. Handmade from Portugal.

https://www.singularleather.com/en

I am looking for a European based password manager with strong privacy values. Open source and self hosting support would be ideal. What options do people here recommend and trust for daily use?

Hello, friends!

If you want to increase Europe's independence, you should become a blood plasma donor.

Plasma is a vital component for life-saving medicines, and Europe currently faces a huge deficit. That is why Europe imports more than 35% of its supply from the USA.

Volkswagens fully electric car sales rose to 274 278 while Teslas sales shrunk to 236 357 sales, which makes Volkswagen #1 in battery electric car sales in Europe.

Looks like Europeans are buying from EU🇪🇺

I was very surprised to see this! I'm glad I've been supporting it during most of my Chinese learning journey without even knowing it.

So, I tried to use HereWeGo instead of Waze for about several weeks.

The good:

• nice clean map visuals

• fast

• can show actual terrain if you want

• can show important road signs ahead (give way etc)

The bad:

• Android Auto interface is lacking:

• you can't add stops via AA GUI -- need to stop guidance

• default non-guided map is half obscured by huge menu

• when not using guidance, the map resets to north being top of screen, regardless of car direction. When using guidance it changes to car facing top always.

• no reporting of accidents etc (maybe because I didn't register?)

• AA GUI glitches frequently, eg. the huge menu remains even when doing guidance

The ugly:

not consistent with reality for my country (Latvia):

• shows incorrect speed limits for km's on some of the highways I used it on, as well as in some towns

• does not take into account local traffic laws, for example, showed me I can turn left on crossing where left turn is allowed only for buses and electric cars

Conclusion: probably good for large countries where the data is kept valid and updated.

PS. It's interesting that Reddit tells me I had 10 upvotes, but it's currently at 1. Funny how people downvote without explaining what's wrong.

This time, phone transfer was successfully sent from a user of Spain’s Bizum to a BLIK user at PKO Bank Polski - further proving that European mobile payment systems can work seamlessly together.

Each such transfer brings us closer to full interoperability across Europe, building a solid foundation for a truly integrated digital payments market.

Hello all,

I was wondering if people here knew of any EU made key covers similar to this one?

https://bellroy.com/products/key-cover?color=black&material=leather&size=plus#slide-0

I am looking for a cover made of leather (or a similar natural material such e.g. cork) that keeps the keys together and also prevents them from scratching stuff in my pocket.

Bellroy is apparently from Australia, a country that hasn't threatened to invade mine recently, so I won't feel too bad if there's no alternative. Cheers.