Bye Bye Big Tech: How I Migrated to an Almost All-EU Stack (and Saved 500€/Year)
4 months ago
- #EU-tech
- #migration
- #privacy
- Migrated digital life to EU-hosted solutions, saving €500/year.
- Proton ecosystem replaces Google Drive, Gmail, NordVPN, Notion, 1Password, and Authenticator.
- AI strategy includes Lumo AI for privacy-first tasks and Mammouth for powerful AI models.
- Browser switched to Vivaldi; search default is Ecosia, with occasional Google use.
- DeepL preferred over Google Translate for translations.
- Hosting and domains moved to Scaleway for simplicity and cost savings.
- Task management transitioned from Todoist to Superlist.
- New EU stack costs €39/month vs. old stack's €83/month, saving €528/year.
- Challenges include reliance on some non-EU services like LinkedIn, GitHub, YouTube, and Substack.
- Unexpected benefits include Proton's anonymous email addresses and Superlist's free features.