What would be your top 5 most important and impactful product/service to switch from US to European?
And bonus question: What is one product/service you think is not as imlactful as another product/service or as others think?
My top 5(and choice):
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Search engine (Qwant)
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AI chatbot (mistralAI)
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Map app (mapyCZ)
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Mobility: selling US cars (this one should have easy EU choices)
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Food (may be very hard for some, but I think everyone should invest a lot of time into this topic)
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Tech services neeeed(!) to be switched, since data is crucial in modern age. Oh also ofc don’t use chrome based browsers.
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Search: French Qwant.com is shockingly good, results, even in images is identical to Google/Bing. it has no AI integration which is fine, just use mistral. Only image search need a little refinement like a search for more identical of selected imagery. .
AI: chat.Mistral.ai is French and does the job to answer ie more specific but not too scientific questions.
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Map: pleased with mapy.cz, ofc no street view but everything else, adding images of places is our job
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Car: preferably even trying public transport+cycling or just cycling for groceries is a lot already or go for EU car if still needed for whatever degree
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Food: this is a big topic, so I’ll be general. I’d say don’t be perfect. Go for the essentials you buy most. If you replace these, already rate that as a win. Because every brand is just a pseudo of a likely American corporation behind
I just hate how I need gmail for youtube… how is it not criminal
I recommend FreeTube on desktop or NewPipe on Android. Tubular = NewPipe with SponsoBlock and Disklike button, but sadly does not get updated that often.
All a bit more work with keeping subscriptions in sync manually, but so much better experience than YouTube native.
Hey I now used Freetube for some videos and now discovered even a redirect to avoid youtube links to open up in youtube too.
Problem is now I get this error when opening the video and videos dont play at all [BAD_HTTP_STATUS: 403] Potential causes: IP block or streaming URL deciphering failed I have issues understanding the developer talk on sites like github and seem to not understand the issue/solution that well… any idea? I have never used a VPN… is that an issue?? I am confused
Ok… a library broke because of player decryption changes. Hopefully fix & update available soon: https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/issues/6912#issuecomment-2749088582
Sadly that cat & mouse game is not uncommon :(
crazy how aggressive the corporation is without even mentioning this. i mean ofc but still…
shows their true colors…
then when you hear them talk about some new update how they value the customer’s experience or whatever bs they try to feed you, its hard to endure these people talking like that out of their mouths… this society is really messing with me and breaking me.
Haha. Replied to the wrong comment earlier: Expect a Hotfix Update pretty soon. Message from the Devs an hour ago:
“UPDATE: We have tested the fix on our end and we will put out a hotfix release ASAP.”
Ideally it would not break, but great effort by the team and I can live with the issues from time to time. Overall a much better experience than the YT website
I get the same error sometimes too. Most of the time it works by going back and re-opening the link again, or a few reloads. Maybe 1 out of 5 videos that have problems will not resolve and I just avoid them or retry at a later time.
Have not yet cared enough to dig deeper. Will let you know if I ever stumble upon a good explanation / solution.
wow free tube looks promising. I hate how youtube is a monopoly - glad theres tools like this with the right intent
Expect a Hotfix Update pretty soon. Message from the Devs an hour ago:
“UPDATE: We have tested the fix on our end and we will put out a hotfix release ASAP.”