Aren’t there any service providers who could do these registrations centrally for a small fee rather than everyone registering everywhere individually? I mean we also have tax regulations, eInvoicing etc. in many EU states and not everyone has to reinvent the wheel themselves.

TBH I would expect that group to be much bigger. Many people say that they prefer more sustainable/social/independent/local… options, but when it comes to the real decision it’s all about convenience and price.

I second this. I never heard anyone referring Czech or Polish people to apes and also never heard that Polish people are overly angry in any way compared to others.

The Canadian state, proudly represented here by few Canadian lemmings. ;)

In Germany the cheap store brands tend to have the best test results year after year. So I don’t see a reason to buy any more expensive brands.

I have no personal experience and they are quite expensive, but you could have a look at Vorwerk.

According to their FAQ, they at least produce partly in Germany and France (and China).

https://support.vorwerk.com/hc/de/articles/8651947948316-Wo-wird-der-VR7-produziert

Oh cool, new payment method.

From my perspective it’s very difficult to convince a significant number of consumers and sellers. To still make that a reality, you need an immense marketing budget or at the very least a very innovative feature. Otherwise you’re highly prone to fail. My hopes are on Wero or even simpler just to use bank transfer.

vegan & cruelty-free recable should contain no animal products and is not tested on animals. This also applies to the packaging. BUT: Our cable manufacturer uses stearates as an additive. These are generally derived from plant or animal fats. Unfortunately, we cannot provide information about the origin of the stearates. recable is also RoHS certified. This EU directive prohibits certain toxic substances in electronics. Whether a substance is toxic is determined through tests. The substances covered by RoHS were tested a long time ago – most likely on animals. Can an animal test become outdated?

So the cables are vegan except for the cables which are unknown!? TBH I don’t think they should advertise it like this then.

Same happened to Veracrypt.

My interpretation of this article is that they criticize Apple for acting according to Russian laws when operating in Russia.

I also don’t like Apple, but from my perspective, they either have to stop operating in Russia completely (which I’d prefer) or ‘bow to the Kremlin’. Any other option involves Apple playing Sheriff and deciding themselves what is right or wrong. And I don’t think that private corporations should have that power.

Don’t get me wrong: I don’t like a government banning gay dating apps or encrypted messengers. I’m just saying that it’s the right of the state to ban certain apps. From an ethical point of view there can be good or bad intentions behind such a ban. You can do so to keep the free press out or to spy on your citizens, but you can also do so to protect your citizens.

E.g. Germany didn’t allow Tesla to test rollout the US version of their ‘self driving’ software to protect people from accidents. Likewise, that new Amazon service to bundle the live feed of all their customers’ surveillance cameras which they claim is to ‘find lost dogs’ (it was a superbowl commercial) isn’t in line with German data protection laws and therefore hopefully never allowed here.

As said, I’m also not a fan of censorship, but a state by definition has the right to make its own legislation. Amazon is a US company. In the US it’s fine to sell weapons to adults without any license. Still, they aren’t allowed to sell weapons in Germany. Likewise Aldi can’t sell beer to 16 year olds in the US just because it’s legal in Germany. Because the state decides what’s allowed. And in the digital age, that right also applies to digital goods and services.

While I neither support Russia nor censorship in any way, I think that the local government of ANY country should have a higher say on what can be distributed and sold in a country than the internal decisions of a private company in a 3rd country.

For non-technical people the availability of an app in the official app stores limits the availability of a service. And whether or not a service is allowed, should be up to local legislature.

I hope this will be free for personal us

As far as I know Only Office is licensed under AGPL, so any adaption they do, must be published the same way.

You can have a look at this before you start something from scratch: https://github.com/akkudoktor-eos/eos

It’s an initiative of a German YouTuber, Scientist and Activist (Andreas Schmitz). It’s maintained by him and his community akkudoktor.net

Infomaniak (Swiss) is really nice from a usability perspective and also really affordable. With KSuite they also offer an inbuilt office suite.

Sorry, I don’t know. On the prerequisites overview only hardware requirements are listed.

https://jitsi.github.io/handbook/docs/devops-guide/devops-guide-requirements/

How about Jitsi? Never hosted it myself, but had several good experiences as an end user.

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I cocked them for 12 minutes in salted water, then added breadcrumbs + spices and fried them in a pan.

I didn’t eat real chicken for years, so I can’t compare side-by-side, but I’d say that the texture is really close and the flavor resembles chicken in a way, yes.