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+title:  re: moving domains
+date:   Wed, 12 Feb 2025 06:04:58 +0100
+author: -fab- <fab@redterminal.org>
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This is  a reply to  James Tomasino's gopher post  "moving domains"
[1]. He  asks what  to do  with our services  with all  the trouble
around the USA.

Fortunately most of  my services are already not located  in the US
and I'm mostly using European or German services:

<== EU based services ==>

- Git service: codeberg.org located in Germany
- DynDNS: nsupdate.info located in Germany
- Domains: OVH located in France I think
- VPS: Netcup GmbH located in Germany
- Mastodon/ActivityPub: pleroma.envs.net located in Germany
- Online Backup: Hetzner Online GmbH located in Germany
- Search: startpage.com - Surfboard Holding located in Netherlands
- ISP: Telekom Deutschland GmbH located in Germany (surely!)
- Mobile: 1&1 GmbH located in Germany

<== Questionable ==>

But because  it's so convenient  I can't  let go Amazon.  But their
services  seem to  be all  located all  over Europe.  But I'm  sure
they're tightly knit to the US Amazon services :(

I also use  Steam which is located legally in  the Washington State
in the US. This  is a real effing thing! Same  goes with GOG.com. I
*belive* they're also US based.

I'm not sure  what to do with these services.  I can't simply close
my accounts  on GOG.com  and Steam,  because I  would loose  all my
already purchased games I believe. This is really a problem.

My approach  to the Amazon thing  is to buy at  local online shops,
which I often  do, but the only payment system  I use is IBAN/SWIFT
transactions directly from my bank  account or cash. And recently I
use  the "Klarna"  transaction  service, based  in Sweden.  They're
often offered as payment method in many EU based online shops.

So that's it. 

All in all - Have fun!
-fab-

[1]: gopher://gopher.black:70/1/phlog/20250211-moving-domains