When it comes to music streaming, it’s a little simplistic to state only their COO, also important to note how much each service pays out to the artists (many of whom are European). Tidal is originally Norwegian but due to financial difficulties now has majority ownership by Block Inc. its true, but it also has one of the highest per stream payouts to artists.

Qobuz does too, and that’s a French company.

Ofc music streaming in general is never going to compensate artists as much as buying a CD/Vinyl/Tape or going to a concert.

WiFi 6 works fine on OpenWRT, you can check if your specific hardware would be supported here: https://openwrt.org/toh/views/toh_available_16128_ax-wifi

Scheduled to arrived by 2030, but the EU is developing one and it’s sounding pretty sweet: https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/eu-space/iris2-secure-connectivity_en

Fair point and good call out!

I always assume that we have the sense to double check any recommends.

On a related note, I believe that due to the nature of FOSS and it being “borderless” that those alternatives should also be relevant.

I get the desire to post “simple” answers like this. And while some of the recommends do make sense… I believe the lists should be better researched. A few other comments also pointed out some of the issues already.

I’ve noticed with a lot of these lists that worse/unreasonable/less private/less secure/not even European or FOSS are being recommended as alternatives and I think they do more harm than good for people that might need genuine help making this process more simple. They also tend to miss a lot of excellent alternatives.

For what it’s worth, these lists oversimplify and can’t take into account individual needs, so own research is always necessary IMO.

For me, it’s paramount that the software we use is secure and privacy respecting / transparent. A great resource for good recommendations is: privacyguides.org .

FREENOW is also pretty good, links with actual taxis too, especially in Germany.