Diversity on your private computer

USA dependence is so common now that a special site exist where you can see if you are dependent on USA companies. isitamerican.eu

To counter that dominance there are sites like european-alternatives.eu that help you find EU alternatives.

This article is about getting out of the lock-ins and diversify your computer software and services to select European alternatives insead of using USA based gigants.
Why diversify? That is a separate article that you can read here: https://charzam.com/2026/03/18/beroendet-av-usa/

I will mention EU+ cloud services and computer software that I have tested and like. I am based in Sweden, and some alternatives are local.

What is EU+

EU is these countries:

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta,
Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden

Here you benefit the most on the EU laws.

Next step is EFTA ESS: Norway, Iceland. They have a close cooperation to EU.
Next after that you have EFTA: Schweiz. Cooperation with EU but throug bilateral agreements.
And finally you have: Great britain - Cooperation with EU on project level.

Let us jump in to the alternatives.