The good news is that the houses are still there and they are still fully occupied.

That's just how Germans write

Not be able to buy or sell anything without a US company as intermediary does seem something of a risk in the current environment

Does anyone know of an alternative to the Google wallet for payments using your phone? I'd rather not have Google know every purchase I make.

Zombie apocalypse is a good thing, and least in this context. "the collapse of low-productivity firms, which will be replaced by more productive equivalents."

Nokia was the European Google (i.e tech giant) The reason there's no European Google is due to undercapitalization and market fragmentation. Most of the US doesn't have these things either. It's all located in a small part of California

Detrumpify is a French alternative https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.detrumpezvous.app

"Last year, its stores attracted 924 million visits, making it the third-most visited supermarket in America after Kroger and Publix." Later on the article says there are 1 billion visits annually, so it seems that Aldi had 10% of footfall, which is pretty impressive penetration.

Something like this, from Sweden? https://www.auk.com/?country=US

MP3Caprice is Ukrainian and apparently a bit dodgy in that it doesn't pay the royalties it should. But I've bought from there in the past. These days I would use 7digital, although it's more expensive

I wonder how they finance it. I guess the owner charges a fee to the mobile phone networks

Have you tried Here WeGo. It’s owned by a consortium of European car manufacturers, and has great maps, especially for traffic. The mobile experience is event, and integrated with Android Auto.

It's ok for Mickey Mouse to belong to someone - as a trademark. But the old films should be out of copyright.

Reminds me of winter town in Arcachon https://www.arcachon.com/en/je-fais-des-travaux-en/tourism/discovery/exceptional-locations/the-ville-dhiver-winter-town/

Mastodon is great for certain things, but not great as a broadcast medium. A European AT Protocol implementation is a better solution https://www.eurosky.social/

Here WeGo has great traffic data (as you would expect given that it's owned by Audi,BMW etc

I use tutamail. Would have been nice to see s review that talked about usability, and not just financial backing

Old people drive less as well

What about Webador: https://slashdot.org/software/comparison/Substack-vs-Webador-vs-WordPress/

That's basically what AT protocol (Bluesky) is