🎬 Media & Entertainment

Amazon Kindle 🇺🇸 US · non-EU

E-books you licence rather than own.

• tolino German bookseller alliance's reader; open EPUB, buy from any member shop. 🇩🇪
• Vivlio French e-reader and store backed by independent booksellers. 🇫🇷
• Legimi Polish subscription with its own hardware. 🇵🇱

Amazon Prime Video 🇺🇸 US · non-EU

The streaming service bundled with your parcels.

• Filmin Independent European cinema without the upsell carousel. 🇪🇸
• MUBI One curated film a day, plus a deep library. 🇬🇧
• Viaplay Nordic originals, films and live sport. 🇸🇪
• Pathe Thuis Dutch video-on-demand rental from the cinema chain. 🇳🇱

Apple Music / Amazon Music 🇺🇸 US · non-EU

Streaming bundled into a hardware ecosystem.

• Deezer Paris streaming, and the first to pilot artist-centric royalties. 🇫🇷
• Qobuz French hi-res audio streaming and purchase, best-in-class sound quality. 🇫🇷
• IDAGIO Berlin service built properly for classical music. 🇩🇪
• Spotify Stockholm-built and still the largest European tech consumer product. 🇸🇪

Audible 🇺🇸 US · non-EU

Amazon's audiobook monopoly, with DRM attached.

• Storytel Swedish audiobook subscription, strong across Europe. 🇸🇪
• BookBeat Bonnier's Swedish audiobook service with flexible hour plans. 🇸🇪
• Nextory Swedish audio and e-book subscription with family profiles. 🇸🇪
• Legimi Polish e-book and audiobook subscription, huge Central European catalogue. 🇵🇱

Google Photos 🇺🇸 US · non-EU

Face recognition on your family album, hosted abroad.

• PhotoPrism German self-hosted AI photo library; recognition runs on your own machine. 🇩🇪
• Nextcloud Photos Photo backup from your phone into storage you own. 🇩🇪
• Cryptee Estonian encrypted photo and document vault. 🇪🇪
• Filen Encrypted photo backup with automatic camera upload. 🇩🇪

Netflix 🇺🇸 US · non-EU

Streaming's incumbent, now with adverts.

• MUBI London-based curated arthouse cinema, hand-picked rather than algorithmic. 🇬🇧
• ARTE Free, ad-free European culture, documentaries and drama. 🇫🇷
• Filmin Spanish independent and European film streaming. 🇪🇸
• Viaplay Nordic streaming with strong Scandinavian originals and sport. 🇸🇪

Steam 🇺🇸 US · non-EU

PC gaming's storefront, and its DRM.

• GOG CD Projekt's Warsaw store: DRM-free, the games are actually yours. 🇵🇱
• Gamesplanet UK/German retailer selling legitimate keys, often cheaper. 🇬🇧
• Instant Gaming French game key retailer with strong European pricing. 🇫🇷
• Green Man Gaming London-based official key retailer. 🇬🇧

YouTube 🇺🇸 US · non-EU

The world's video archive, with an ad break in the middle.

• PeerTube Federated, self-hostable video; instances share load via peer-to-peer. 🇫🇷
• Dailymotion France's long-running video platform, owned by Vivendi. 🇫🇷
• ARTE Franco-German public broadcaster with a huge free documentary catalogue. 🇫🇷