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Written by European Alternatives on 2024-11-05 at 17:56

Regardless of the outcome of today's election in the USA, the fact that it's so close should be a reminder of our dependence on the US tech companies and legislation.

Promote and use European alternatives and if you are from the US go vote!

https://european-alternatives.eu

[#]USElection2024

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Written by Xerø on 2024-11-10 at 12:30

@european_alternatives you are missing #Mojeek in the search engine category.

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Written by European Alternatives on 2024-11-10 at 15:01

@ecksearoh We currently don't list UK companies, but we might reconsider that in the future or make an exception for Mojeek.

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Written by Xerø on 2024-11-10 at 16:03

@european_alternatives isn't the UK geographically in the EU? Or do you not list them because they are part of Five Eyes?

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Written by Mojeek Search Engine on 2024-11-12 at 17:02

@ecksearoh @european_alternatives we are in Europe, not the EU; I would recommend the website reflect the "Union" part (or add us as suggested above) for clarity's sake.

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Written by European Alternatives on 2024-11-12 at 17:22

@Mojeek @ecksearoh European Alternatives lists products from non-EU countries as well, like f.e. Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Switzerland. This is clearly stated in our About page:

https://european-alternatives.eu/about

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Written by Mojeek Search Engine on 2024-11-12 at 17:29

@european_alternatives @ecksearoh fair enough, I guess the title I find confusing as the UK is in Europe, ergo Mojeek is a European company

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Descendants

Written by European Alternatives on 2024-11-12 at 17:33

@Mojeek @ecksearoh Sure I get that this is a bit confusing, but "Alternatives from European countries that want to be in a strong political and economic relation with most other European countries" was too long, so I had to compromise.

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Written by Miguel Máiquez on 2024-11-23 at 17:08

@european_alternatives @Mojeek @ecksearoh I guess you could always add a category for European alternatives that, while not in the EU/EEA/EFTA/DCFTA, respect EU values, norms and standards.

In fact, having your company in, say, Luxembourg, does not automatically make your company ethical, and some British companies (like Mojeek) are still ethical even if they are not in the EU.

Brexit was already sad enough. Let's at least try to make it a little less bad for people who try to do things right.

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Written by Xerø on 2024-11-23 at 17:10

@miguelmaiquez well said!

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