Why there’s no European Google?
And why it is a good thing!
My answer to the European Commission "call for evidence on Open Source."
https://ploum.net/2026-01-22-why-no-european-google.html
#geminiprotocol link: gemini://ploum.net/2026-01-22-why-no-european-google.gmi
Very nice article!
And I feel a bit noted since Lokjo is ment as a european google substitute, based on OSM. 😊
"We don’t want a European Google Maps! We want our institutions at all levels to contribute to OpenStreetMap"
P.s. didn't knew about the 'european joke', it's pretty acurate!
