an eu alternative would be just as susceptible to hate campaigns by bigots censoring content... look at the uk (i know technically the uk isn't the eu but they're still europe)
Grizzlyboy@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
When is the European alternative to these coming?
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
rozodru@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
shiiiit I wouldn’t count on that anymore. With the age verification and ID stuff they would honestly at this point probably make it worse.
I used to be an advocate for European alternatives for US based tech companies but now? no way, started self hosting everything. it sucks.
zzffyfajzkzhnsweqm@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Do you mean digital euro? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_euro
This would be the only thing that could break visa mastercard duopol. Hopefully 2028
Ibuthyr@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
An alternative to PayPal, called WERO is currently in it’s rollout process in Germany, Belgium and France. In October the next step will be activated, allowing payments in e-commerce. Later down the road, you’ll be able to pay in real shops. Luxembourg and Netherlands are to join in next. More and more banks start to adopt WERO.
I urge everyone to use WERO as much as you can. It’s flying a bit under the radar at the moment and this must be a success. Hopefully more EU members will join soon.
domi@lemmy.secnd.me 4 weeks ago
I would prefer if the EU/Swiss backed project based on GNU Taler makes it instead: www.taler.net/en/ngi-taler.html
dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
True but 2 > 1
Ibuthyr@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
Sounds great, but as with so many of these projects, they sound overly complicated for the masses. Wero is already a thing and it’s straight forward. Even that is too complicated for many people, but it’s gaining traction at least.
Anywho, I’m rooting for both!