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[โ€“] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 25 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Funny thing is that Skype was the European alternative. But they sold to Microsoft.

[โ€“] _LordMcNuggets_@feddit.org 4 points 7 hours ago

I know ๐Ÿ˜ญ

[โ€“] BarHocker@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

As long as you keep it fair, as in not many users, not too many streams etc, https://fairmeeting.net/ offers videocalling for free. I think it is using Jitsi.

They also offer paid versions that you can use should you require more than a few users.

[โ€“] gon@lemm.ee 7 points 7 hours ago

Indeed Jitsi.

[โ€“] _LordMcNuggets_@feddit.org 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[โ€“] IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Originally from France. Current owner is 8x8, American company, but the software itself is open source. So yes and no, maybe?

[โ€“] snuggledick@lemm.ee 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

But since the software is open source you can just take it and host it yourself, so no American company involved anymore.

[โ€“] IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 hours ago

Sure. But the American company is currently managing development, have their own money on the table to improve the code and so on. Depends on how pedantic you want to go on this.

Even Torvalds himself, while originating from Finland, is currently a USA citizen and Linux foundation is paying his salary. With FOSS the borders are a bit different than in the real world and if you want to really be strict about it, fully European operating system just does not exist, at least not viable and well supported one.

Personally I'll keep using whatever free software there is, regardless of the country of origin.

[โ€“] mlflexer@lemm.ee 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[โ€“] matlag@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Matrix or XMPP and just pick a European server. Since we talk about getting local, let's also de-enshitify the Internet and adopt open standards!

[โ€“] resetbypeer@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[โ€“] rikudou@lemmings.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Not European.

[โ€“] choutos@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago

Skype is being discontinued in May. Does it solve the replacement problem? ๐Ÿค”

[โ€“] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 4 points 7 hours ago

Nextcloud Talk?