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[โ€“] thatonecoder@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago (8 children)
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[โ€“] Nilz@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wouldn't say Bol.com is a good alternative to Amazon as their terms towards sellers is quite toxic, but I also wouldn't know any other alternative either.

Bol.com has been infested with drop shippers using ai, try searching for "aanpassing titel" lol. Besides, because of their "free shipping", most products are actually more expensive because they have the shipping price included, and you can buy it for less directly from the seller's own website.

[โ€“] XM34@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago

otto.de if you live in Germany, Austria or Switzerland.

[โ€“] Everyday0764@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

i've never heard of here wego, but i cannot find it on fdroid, is it open-source? is it openstreat map based?

[โ€“] blinfabian@feddit.nl 3 points 1 month ago

here wego isnt opensource, but it is european (from the netherlands)

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[โ€“] paequ2@lemmy.today 2 points 1 month ago

The popups, ads, and nags about disabling ad blocker on Ecosia... Ehh...

[โ€“] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How is Bolt any better than Lime or Uber?

I've never heard of here we go. I'm a bit hesitant to go driving somewhere using navigation software that isn't extremely battle tested.

[โ€“] Niquarl@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'd recommend Osmand, that's what I use and it's alright for me. It's never sent me somewhere wrong until know. Not everything is on there but then I just add the place, if I can.

Bolt seems European I guess? Maybe a better plan would be to use the local uber alternative, like https://drivers.coop/ for NYC or https://eva.coop/ for Montrรฉal. Three's also https://coopcycle.org/ bรปt that's for deliveries and takeaways.

[โ€“] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Curious -- are you using osmand in a car?

Yeah maybe Bolt is European. It's also in America as a scooter company so I'd assumed they're American

[โ€“] Niquarl@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Yes I navigate with it quite often. I also use it on foot

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[โ€“] Maestro@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago

For mail I can also recommend https://soverin.com/

[โ€“] VisionScout@lemmy.wtf 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

i would change:

  • signal to something else that wouldn't use amazon servers.
  • HERE maps to mapy.com. HERE maps aren't very good since they don't use OSM data
[โ€“] semperpeppe@feddit.it 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What about the fact that basically ALL entire planet goes through either Cloudflare or Akamai's infrastructure? I wonder if it is even possible to not use those, even unwillingly

[โ€“] VisionScout@lemmy.wtf 2 points 3 weeks ago

ALL entire planet

Not the all planet but a big portion yes. There's a firefox extension that helps with that: Decentraleyes.

Don't let the good be an enemy of the excelent. There's some stuff that's unavoidable, but every tiny bit helps.

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