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New comment by geff82 in "More German than many Germans"

geff82 — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 09:16:00 +0000

I think there are two aspects. First, quite obvious, everyday life and overall infrastructure is really good. It is clean, well maintained in most places. And there are only few countries where all open landscapes are yours to have. Germany is one big park. You have a small garden? No problem, every forest or unfenced meadow is yours to use and to enjoy. The other aspect, which makes people leave, is the direction in which things are going. It feels like things get a little worse every day. Bureaucracy was never easy in Germany, but since Covid, it feels like certain parts of it have mostly stopped working. All that while they add more taxes, more regulation all the time. This is what drives motivated people out.

New comment by geff82 in "The World's 2,400 Castles"

geff82 — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:47:47 +0000

Interesting, still I miss most castles around me.

New comment by geff82 in "The World's 2,400 Castles"

geff82 — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:46:58 +0000

And if I ever make an exit, the money will buy me a Germany castle! I want to be a good guardian of one.

New comment by geff82 in "Nextcloud Hub 26 Spring: Built together, designed for the future"

geff82 — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:49:54 +0000

How is OpenCloud a serious competitor?

New comment by geff82 in "EU Inc.: A new harmonised corporate legal regime"

geff82 — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 20:10:20 +0000

Will I be able to freely move between EU countries when I own such a company or will Germany tax 340% of the average profit of the last three years for doing so as they do now? People with German GmbH are essentially unable to move anywhere.

New comment by geff82 in "Palantir defends its role in the kill chain"

geff82 — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 17:27:53 +0000

There are always companies profiting from war. When ypu sre one of those, take the money, work silently. But being loud about being proud to be part of a war… this is just disgusting.

New comment by geff82 in "/e/OS is a complete, fully “deGoogled” mobile ecosystem"

geff82 — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 09:50:29 +0000

How is the experience in practice? What works, what doesn't? Are updates prompt and regular?

New comment by geff82 in "30 Days, 9 Cities, 1 Question: Where Did American Prosperity Go?"

geff82 — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 23:31:16 +0000

This is exactly what I felt the last two times I was in the US.

New comment by geff82 in "Amazon confirms 14,000 job losses in corporate division"

geff82 — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 12:36:43 +0000

Yeah, finally 1-2 billion profit more on top of the 68 billion they already generate.

New comment by geff82 in "How the US got left behind in the electric car race"

geff82 — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 19:56:58 +0000

(Deleted because not well thought through).

New comment by geff82 in "F-Droid and Google’s developer registration decree"

geff82 — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 05:05:02 +0000

Shift has more products to offer. They also have a slightly different concept. For example, the batteries are compatible across device categories (put the phone battery in the tablet keyboard) and the make sure that only ONE type of screw is needed for the complete phone. They also have hardware kill switches on their devices Shift is more or less a non-profit (their type of LLC/Gmbh has a special status) and they have a broader opinion on what „fair“ means.

New comment by geff82 in "U.S. Army confirms Tesla Cybertruck can't be imported in Europe"

geff82 — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 21:51:55 +0000

This was obvious shortly after the Cybertruck was presented to the world and it never seemed like a smart move to let it on the road the way it is.

New comment by geff82 in "F-Droid and Google’s developer registration decree"

geff82 — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 07:21:17 +0000

... Shift Phones! They even have an installer so you can install a phone OS of your liking (e/OS, Lineage, Ubuntu, etc...).

New comment by geff82 in "US airlines are pushing to remove protections for passengers and add more fees"

geff82 — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 14:34:42 +0000

Book trips from European websites in the future. Prices here need to include everything upfront. Which might lead to situations where you reserve a hotel room in the USA for 1500, but then only pay 1200 at checkout because the remaining 300 are the "resort fee" that will be paid at the hotel. Or take car rental: the cheaper, more complete packages for the USA are often booked in the EU at at better price.

New comment by geff82 in "Exit Tax: Leave Germany before your business gets big"

geff82 — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 06:55:58 +0000

The crazy thing is that as a business owner (GmbH/AG) you can’t even move to another EU country any more since 2022. As the owner of such a company it feels like I have become a slave of the government.

New comment by geff82 in "Tesla sales drop for fifth month in a row in Europe"

geff82 — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 22:25:52 +0000

Aside problems with Musk it has to be said that the model lineup of Tesla is poor by today’s Euopean standards. We have lots of models and brands available in all sizes, luxurious and expensive to small and fun. Tesla was a great choice in 2019, but now it is just one among many and it doesn’t boast a great design or interesting imterior.

New comment by geff82 in "Radio Garden"

geff82 — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 09:40:49 +0000

What an absolutely lovely webapp! I have loved listening to far away stations since early childhood, when I built antennas in the garden to catch far away waves....

New comment by geff82 in "Tuxracer.js play Tux Racer in the browser"

geff82 — Sat, 21 Jun 2025 06:36:03 +0000

Thanks for bringing me retro feelings of my first Linux days back!

New comment by geff82 in "EU Eyes Ditching Microsoft Azure for France's OVHcloud"

geff82 — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 20:24:00 +0000

Germany and Finland.

New comment by geff82 in "The recently lost file upload feature in the Nextcloud app for Android"

geff82 — Wed, 14 May 2025 10:56:16 +0000

Just use e/os ! ;)