this post was submitted on 01 Mar 2025
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Had third party replacement parts fitted to my politically undesirable car.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I moved my business from Microsoft / Google to Proton, then Proton's behaviour became a little bit concerning so I'm now moving everything across to NextCloud.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How are you using Nextcloud? Selfhosted or a provider?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Managed hosting from a provider.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What was concerning about Proton? Genuine question, as I today tried out Proton but haven't settled for it yet so'd want to know if there's a reason to move to pick something else instead.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The service itself is great. The head of Proton made some comments online of a controversial nature - didnt agree with them but I was able to give the benefit of the doubt to Proton as a whole. Then they announced they were quitting Mastodon and gave a very disingenuous excuse.

This made my confidence in them wobble. I can exist with people of differing opinions, but when the corporate speak comes out - I'm off.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Okay, thank you for clarifying, very helpful

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Thank you, I'll read up on the issue there

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Mostly looking around for European alternatives to US products. The main one is probably Amazon, there isn't a strong alternative where I live.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I use https://www.pricerunner.com/

PriceRunner was founded in 1999 and is active in the UK, Sweden, Denmark and Norway. PriceRunner became a part of Klarna 2022.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Interesting, but not available where I live. I'll investigate a bit, but the ones mentioned elsewhere (Bol for Belgium and Holland, Alza and Allegro for Central Europe) are not available here

[–] Sunshine 6 points 1 day ago

[email protected] has great coverage in Europe.