I mean, even many US TikTok users jumped straight onto Red Note. I'm not saying I trust China, but living in a US-allied country, I most definitely don't trust the US right now.
https://makertube.net/ is the PeerTube instance that I've been using, and it's been great.
Thanks for heads up! I've shared that link to my circles
Especially with switching.software, many alternatives are FOSS (and are labelled as such in their descriptions). I'll edit the post text to highlight that.
But I also figured people in this community would be keen to know about other non-US alternatives that don't yet have good FOSS counterparts.
Non-US alternatives to digital services
From a practical standpoint, the country that hosts many digital services is undergoing rapid political change. For awareness of non-US alternatives, check out:
https://switching.software/ <- seems to be more FOSS focused
Non-US alternatives to digital services
From a practical standpoint, the country that hosts many digital services is undergoing rapid political change. For awareness of non-US alternatives, check out:
I was playing this whole thing out in my head, and trying to justify the confidence of Trump and pals with such seemingly stupid moves. The only thing I can think of is that they believe that the money they will save (steal) from the government cuts, etc, will make up for the huge losses from the tariffs. And then they would have to believe that their internal AI development is at a point where they can overpower every other nation on earth, and so they don't need those international relations anymore. I mean, technically every single Tesla in the world is a camera for Elon, and a huge percentage of internet traffic goes through US servers.
But then I think, even if they do have all of these advantages, China seems to be catching up pretty quickly, is allied with over 50% of the planet through BRICS, has protected itself from their technological expansion. This is not even including that most other countries in the world will probably want to distance themselves from the US if this keeps up.
Either I'm in denial, or it really is just Trump and Elon are being blinded by their overinflated egos.
Yeah I was wondering about that. Is there another sub that you would recommend?
Keep your eyes open for opportunities to empower those inside the US, as they fight from within.
Keep your eyes open for opportunities to empower Canadians and Mexicans, as they stay strong against the bullying.
This is actually beyond absurd.
It would be hilarious if they chose this moment to shut it down.
Calling on everyone else in the West and the global economy: keep your eyes open for opportunities to support the Canadian and Mexican people.
They are standing up to this corruption and fighting it where it stands. This is going to hit them hardest first, and they deserve our support.
Calling on everyone else in the West and the global economy: keep your eyes open for opportunities to support the Canadian and Mexican people.
They are standing up to this corruption and fighting it where it stands. This is going to hit them hardest first, and they deserve our support.
Canada and Mexico respond with own tariffs against US
In retaliation for U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, Canada is slapping 25 per cent tariffs on $155 billion worth of American goods.
Canada and Mexico respond with own tariffs against US
In retaliation for U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, Canada is slapping 25 per cent tariffs on $155 billion worth of American goods.
Remember there have been worse times and you are descended mostly from people who survived them.
I love this
This is true. However, Proton's big sell is that they can be trusted to be truthful about what is safe and what is not safe for your privacy.
I think given the context of the CEO's personal bias towards current US Republicans, and given that those Republicans are aggressively anti-China, when Proton releases an article warning of a successful Chinese AI, and seemingly purposefully leaves out the part about how people are already running it securely, it starts raising some important questions about their alignment.
Given that you can download Deepseek, customize it, and run it offline in your own secure environment, it is actually almost irrelevant how people feel about China. None of that data goes back to them.
That's why I find all the "it comes from China, therefore it is a trap" rhetoric to be so annoying, and frankly dangerous for international relations.
Compare this to OpenAI, where your only option is to use the US-hosted version, where it is under the jurisdiction of a president who has no care for privacy protection.
Yeah totally agree. He has proven to be one of the slimiest people on the scene. I mean, he is pretty much throwing his colleagues under the bus in this statement too lol
I'm not in the US (thinking of you guys everyday), but when I found myself feeling depressed by the direction of big tech, I realized that open-source and the Fediverse was the healthy and exciting way forwards. It was the one thing that felt like I remember the internet feeling like in the late 90s. I think you are spot on. It is the only way that democracy can survive in tech.
Sorry for confusion guys - here's the link: https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1ieonxv/comment/maa0dcx/
Proton's biased article on Deepseek
Article: https://proton.me/blog/deepseek
Calls it "Deepsneak", failing to make it clear that the reason people love Deepseek is that you can download and it run it securely on any of your own private devices or servers - unlike most of the competing SOTA AIs.
I can't speak for Proton, but the last couple weeks are showing some very clear biases coming out.
Proton's very biased article on Deepseek
Article: https://proton.me/blog/deepseek
Calls it "Deepsneak", failing to make it clear that the reason people love Deepseek is that you can download and it run it securely on any of your own private devices or servers - unlike most of the competing SOTA AIs.
I can't speak for Proton, but the last couple weeks are showing some very clear biases coming out.
Open-source Deepseek R1 dethrones commercial AI, now allegedly being hit by cyberattack
DeepSeek on Monday said it would temporarily limit user registrations "due to large-scale malicious attacks" on its services.
Open-source Deepseek R1 dethrones commercial AI, now allegedly being hit by cyberattack
DeepSeek on Monday said it would temporarily limit user registrations "due to large-scale malicious attacks" on its services.
“It’s good to be proud of German culture, German values, and not to lose that in some sort of multiculturalism that dilutes everything,” Musk said at AfD rally
Tycoon tells 4,500 people at campaign event in Halle to be proud of German culture in speech via video link
