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Re:"Made in EU" – Building a Startup on European Infrastructure by wvh on Friday February 20, 2026 @05:39AM (#47086233)
Many European countries have decent authentication, banking and payment system alternatives or even innovative solutions. I think, like usually, it's just a problem to break out of national or regional circles into something pan-European.

A lot of people seem to agree that relying on a handful of too powerful American companies, especially in the ad and social media space, is a terrible idea and running foul of privacy requirements. Remains to be seen if some larger alternatives manage to pop up though. The European landscape is pretty fragmented.

Re:"Made in EU" – Building a Startup on European Infrastructure by throwaway063_1 on Friday February 20, 2026 @10:40AM (#47089392)
There are companies such as Signicat, Scrive and others that provide an API that integrates with different national authentication providers.