Year: 2026
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Your Phone Runs Google or Apple. Does It Have To?
Fairphone grew 83% in Q4 2025. Closing in on a million devices sold. A Dutch phone, a French de-Googled OS, and a full professional workload handled without a single workaround. It turns out the alternative to the smartphone duopoly is further along than most people realise. I spent a week finding out exactly how and…
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Launching the eurotechguide Sovereignty Index: making sovereignty measurable
The Eurotechguide Sovereignty Index makes digital sovereignty measurable. Based on the European Commission’s Cloud Sovereignty Framework, it assesses cloud and digital services across eight structural dimensions, from legal exposure and ownership control to supply chain and technology dependencies. At launch, the index covers 65 mostly cloud-based services, each receiving dimension-level SEAL scores and a weighted…
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Part 4: Search engine sovereignty in Europe: progress, compromises and hard truths
European search is no longer just a niche or a statement – it works. Ecosia and, to a lesser extent, Qwant deliver solid results, good performance and meaningful privacy advantages. But the reality is more complex: core search infrastructure still depends heavily on Google and Bing, and true independence will take time. This article evaluates…