Hi all,

unfortunately the fabric of my backpack (nylon-TPU laminate) tore and I'd like patch it. Unfortunately the only recognizeable brand for such supplies is the US based company gear aid.

Do you know any alternatives? Thanks!

Hi, looking for a good European hair dryer that has diffusor and more advanced settings for hair drying that don't fry your hair. Preferably up to 100 eur. Thanks!

So my old headphones decided to kick the bucket and now I'm looking for wired earbuds that have 3.5mm headphone jack, preferably also with physical volume controls on them.

Is there any chance I will find European headphones that are not that expencive (<100€) or do I have to look at non-EU headphones?

Thank you in advance

It's disgraceful that we're in this situation! It's disgraceful and we should be ashamed of the European Union that we are in the year 2025 and we currently:

1. don't have an European operating system for computers
   
2. don't have an European mobile operating system for smartphones and tablets
   
3. don't have an European CPU manufacturer
   
4. don't have a big European-based social network
   
5. don't have a European semiconductor industry capable of producing cutting-edge chips
   
6. don't have a European e-commerce giant to counterbalance Amazon, Shein, Temu, Alibaba etc.
   
7. don't have a European company that produces flagship smartphones at Apple/Samsung scale (Nokia no longer produces flagship smartphones)
   
8. don't have any European-developed mainstream gaming consoles
   
9. don't have any European equivalent to Hollywood. Why could India create Bollywood? We invest so little in European cinema! Our movies are mostly dramas or comedies with very little special effects. There is no European superhero movie. None.
   
10. don't have a mainstream European PC and laptop manufacturer

It’s frustrating, considering the EU has the talent, resources, and market size to make these things happen. What do you think is holding Europe back? Bureaucracy? Lack of investment? Overregulation?

Europe certainly has the capability to close these gaps, but bureaucracy, fragmented markets, and lack of aggressive investment might be slowing progress.

Do any of these stand out to you as the most urgent? Or do you see some hopeful developments in any of these sectors?

So, as you can see from the title, I am looking for good substitute for graphic design tool: laptop and Figma software.

I was planning to buy Apple because of the performance but no! This all made me rethink. So I need an alternative - good laptop with good graphics. (Not necessarily EU made if there is not many options, just that it is not from US).

I have ditched Adobe long a go so last year I have found good bundle for Affinity (from UK) all 3 softwares. Awesome tool!!!

Also, am starting into UI/UX design so I need to practice. Everyone is using Figma which is awesome tool, but if there is good EU alternative, let me know!

For most of my works I was using Procreate on iPad but seems to me that I will have to switc to some other tablet like Huion and Krita software.

So, if you have any alternatives, please tell us here!!

Tnx in advance!

Our companies are trying to be perfect (open source, no selling of data, etc) but forget that most of us are not perfect consumers. We’re lazy so we want easy and fun to use apps, and we’re not willing to pay if there is a free alternative even if it means our data being sold. Don’t you think now is the time for eu companies to create the same kind of products as Big Tech and focus on usability, cool features and price, even if this means selling data to advertisers and not fully complying with all EU digital laws? Big tech is not going to be banned so unless we compete realistically, EU consumers’ cash is going to keep you on going to Chinese and US companies. I bet most of you are quite educated and can fork out money to pay for services you believe it, like me but let’s be honest, we’re not in the majority. Don’t get me wrong, I’m sharing as much as I can about this group and EU alternatives to US products, but widespread adoption is only going to happen when European platforms are sexy, have good marketing, are easy to use and do not cost much. Please let me know what you think ! Even if you disagree!

And yes, a BuyFromEU server is up! :)

We are making CheapBrowser in the CheapPro team. CheapBrowser will be 10x better then google. Using a fully european browser American shady companies will get removed. We will also block ads on all websites and even YouTube. We wanna make CheapBrowser a step in the CheapPro community. CheapBrowser will also have the store in it instead of Amazon. And CheapBrowser will be free. Control anything with CheapBrowser a fully european browser. We will also close a lot of websites like the hub. Also we need more European. So we will have European Prime. It’s like Amazon prime but instead with free access to all European broadcasters for free. Also free European shows and all European stuff will be free online using European Prime which is a part of the CheapPro. Sadly this will only come if we have the money and so in the summer we will start a GoFundMe. If we make enough money we will finally be able to start this. We want to beat Amazon and America. That’s why CheapPro will matter so much. I hope we make it and let’s work together and beat america. MEGA means make Europe great again. We will mega. And lets beat America at there stuff. We will beat America and finally make Europe better then America - The CheapPro community and me/the owner

I need a light iron connected to a water tank. What EU brands do that? Thanks

I've been going through some of my stuff that I buy on a regular basis and checking which of it is American. I have a shampoo from an American brand (Cantu) that is made in Poland and distributed it the UK. I could easily have missed that it's an American brand but I knew it beforehand. I suspect that I have a lot more products like this that I buy on a regular basis.

So I've heard again and again that I may have done potential as a streamer and/or video content creator cause of dry humour and stuff like that.

But I also don't want to be dependent on YouTube, Twitch, TikTok etc, so I was wondering if there's EU (or broadly speaking non-US) alternatives to Twitch, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram etc to create content for/to create content on?

If you run a Newsletter on Substack you can just fo that from SteadyHQ, also free and additional features like Patreon has, all from the German Company SteadyHQ

Because it is designed to search by brand only, if you search for a product, it will find nothing.

The site finds nothing when I search for shaving foam. The same goes for hifi (turntable) for example.

It would be necessary to add product keywords for a specific brand. I recommended the site to my friends and they all replied that they couldn't search because they couldn't find anything.

Image: Meta sending (everyone?) an intrusive message about their ai inside WhatsApp.

Im starting to stock money in a separate account since a few month for an objective of mine : play bg3 ! My computer is so shitty and is barely living and i would love to have a new one. I dont think i can Switch to Windows yet but i would love to buy european atleast ! Thanks :)

I felt this was relevant to here. Never heard of this company and it's phones but now I am looking it up for a potential future phone upgrade.

Some delicious French Brie and an Opinel knife to slice it

If you know more tell me in the comments please.

Big Domestic Appliances:

🇩🇪 : Bosch, AEG, Gaggenau, Liebherr, Miele, Neff, Siemens

🇸🇪 : Electrolux, as well as other brands owned by Electrolux, AEG, Atlas (Denmark), Corberó (Spain), Elektro Helios, Faure, French, Lehel, Hungary, Marynen / Marijnen, Nether, Parkinson Cowanlands, (United Kingdom), Progress, Europe, REX-Electrolux, Italian, Rosenlew, Scandinavian countries, Samus, Romanian, Voss, Denmark, Zanussi, Italian, Zoppas. 

🇪🇸: Balay (Group Bosch)

🇵🇱: Amica (Fagor in Spain)

Small Domestic Appliances:

🇩🇪 : Bosch, AEG

🇪🇸: Taurus (Alpatec, Casal, Coffeemotion, FAR (Brand of Conforama), Lavakan, Minimoka, Monix, Mycook, Solac, Taurus, Taurus Professional, Túrmix, White&Brown (Francia), Winsor), Orbegozo

🇸🇪 : Electrolux