I can't fathom what the hell are the justifications that people will fabricate to keep themselves there.
Even the Green Party leader Elizabeth May says she is reluctant to move over because she is worried about losing her 303k followers. So it largely boils down to big numbers good!
GPUs, Payment Processors and Weapons are the first ones that come to mind.
We should build alternatives.
The US holds 30.51% of the world’s economy and they produce highly sought after goods.
Europe should use mastodon instead!
Say it with me every game should be persevered ✨
Thanks for editing the follow up comment. I tend to read the comments as there are often interesting observations made. A post's quality should not be determined by the number of upvotes it receives. Life is not about chasing popularity.
I use an rss feed from trusted sources and reddit for finding informative articles for the threadverse to enjoy reading, I want the people here to not miss out on anything. For the new outlets that do not support rss I bookmark them then check them out once in a while for interesting pieces. Sure original content is the most valuable though plenty of folks here exclusively use lemmy/piefed on mobile so they don't see it as potential duplicates, people also cross-post content to shift the conversation away from problematic instances.
It's fair to desire more original variety in the content. Sometimes I tend to enjoy posting memes more I personally made from gimp. Learning Blender and making a short animation on Peertube to share here would be a amazing!
Really impressive stuff that's around 192 miles away from highest range ice car.
cross-posted from: https://rss.ponder.cat/post/227234
Europe's push towards digital sovereignty is gaining serious momentum in 2025. Amid growing concerns over data privacy, access, and surveillance, many regions are distancing themselves from U.S.-based tech giants like Microsoft in favor of open source alternatives.
A growing number of European initiatives are working to keep infrastructure, data, and innovation within the continent. Their goal is to reduce dependence on foreign tech platforms that lock in customers and to build long-term digital independence through local open source development.
In a notable development, two European open source organizations have teamed up to offer an alternative to two popular workflow tools.
What's Happening: XWiki and OpenProject have announced that they are working on creating a fully open source alternative to Atlassian's Confluence and Jira, two of the most widely used workflow and collaboration tools out there.
Confluence is a popular platform for team documentation and knowledge sharing, while Jira is known for issue and project tracking across teams. Together, they dominate enterprise collaboration but remain proprietary and primarily U.S.-based.
As for the two organizations, XWiki is a well-known provider of open source enterprise wiki and knowledge management solutions, offering advanced collaboration features for businesses. It also develops CryptPad, a privacy-focused, end-to-end encrypted suite that many of us know and love.
OpenProject complements this with its open source project management platform, designed for agile workflows, task tracking, and team collaboration.
Speaking on the matter, Ludovic Dubost, CEO and Founder of XWiki, added that:
By combining our expertise, we’re creating a compelling alternative to Atlassian’s Jira and Confluence — one that puts control and transparency back into the hands of the user. It’s a step forward for open-source collaboration in Europe, and most importantly, it responds directly to what our customers have been asking for.
What to Expect: The goal of this initiative is to create an open, modular stack that allows teams to collaborate efficiently without the worry of vendor lock-in, forced upgrades, or loss of control over their data.
By combining their strengths in documentation handling and knowledge sharing, XWiki and OpenProject are working to deliver a unified, open source platform for managing both content and projects.
With backing from public sector efforts like ZenDiS and its openDesk platform, the project lines up with Europe's broader goals of digital sovereignty and accessible, self-hosted infrastructure.
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