#lokjo — Public Fediverse posts
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Just to answer many questions, the 'phone' page I've added to Lokjo is not affiliated, which means I'm not making money on 'clicks' in any way.
I'm doing this simply to tell people there is an option to buy european phones.
The map Lokjo is build in a volunteer way too, like many other people do, we care about progress and solving problems.
We run on donations to get the costs done, but we're not -in any way- connected to some sort of profit.
Just to get that clear. 😊
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Here's a list of European websites selling (mostly own brand) phones, installed with non-google OS's.
It includes a list of alternative OS to install yourself, with links and modelnumbers etc.
https://www.lokjo.com/eu/oscheck.php
Go check it out, especially after google's latest fine from the EU for (still) tricking europeans into buying american products by blocking EU brands in the searchresults.
Share it if you like, thanks. 😊
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Just had a thought thingy:
App-tabs.
When people have a website and users would like to have it as an app, you can set a link on your mobile desktop, which opens a stand-alone browser tab, with the website in it, acting as an App.
This would seperate it from the browser, you can clear cache, set priveliges etc only for that App-tab AND corporations can't take (most of) the data through the OS.
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Quick question
How would you prefer Lokjo offers GPS?
a - Activate automatically (if needed, ask permission) when opening the map
b - Let you activate it when you want (if you know it exists)
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Testing is always exciting.
With adding market-sellers to the maps I hope to support them for example on days like this, where Berlin is scheduled for 41°c.
People will stay in, but can say 'hey, let's see if they have a website where we can order'.
Should be finished soon, will update then.
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@lokjo Thanks for building #Lokjo! 👏
Two practical questions:
1. When I look for regular / typical local grocery shop - what icon should I click? When I chose "Groceries" in the main menu, there are several options (such as "street market", "supermarket", "night shop" etc.) but there is not something like "regular local grocery". I mean a local convenience shop where you can buy all basic food. I do not see such option. And this is actually the most important one.
2. Do you plan to add other languages? In Poland, a typical person would like to use Polish, not one of five languages provided. I would like to recommend lokjo to my family and friends but I know that they would not use a website in English.
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More and more European local shops are closing because europeans still use US google (maps), and they won't favor local shops.
We need more and more people who go shop at locals, and that's exactly why I build Lokjo, the map which filters corporations and chains from the category search.
Support the european economy, support locals. Use our map. 😊
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Donations are what keeps the european Lokjo map running, and supports my extra working hours on the project.
If you open an account on Liberapay (takes 2 minutes) you can also donate with Bank transfer. Otherwise card or paypal are good too.
(still working on finding an option for Wero, Blik and other european transfers, hope to update soon!)
Otherwiser a share is great too, thanks!
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Today is #diday ! Which means switch your corporate services to a non-corporate service. Awesome.
For the european newcomers, if you want to know which country you financially support when using online services, we have a nifty little list/test here, quick and easy
Give it a share if you like, it's all about awareness! 😊
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I'm taking some extra time off to work on fixes for Lokjo this week.
If you own a small shop or just like to support my working hours, donations are welcome.
Thanks 😊
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On the Lokjo map, when clicking the blue Quick button, there's about 60+ different categories for local shops to search for your needs.
There's more to find through the regular search.
I'm working on a fix for some missing ones, which should be done in the next weeks.
If anything isn't there, just let me know.
p.s. Lokjo comes in english, spanish, french, dutch and german language.
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Lokjo is not just 'a map', it's a solution to many problems.
It helps you find non-corporate locations, so your money doesn't end up in things like lobbying, political bubbles, forced labour, profit-wars, polution, and way more.
It's a nifty little map, with big intentions. 😊
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Quick question
would you not use a pro-european map just because it's not available as an app?
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The core of Lokjo is to help you find all non-corporate places near you, but you can also use it to find single shops, share a location or just routing.
All in a single nifty page. No installation needed, easy.
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I think 2 years ago I've posted this rough idea as a solution for the draughts in Catalunia, asking if anybody knows an ingeneer etc and to pass the idea on. Maybe it worked!
See the invention here:
https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-high-solar-evaporator-rapidly-seawater.html#google_vignette -
I've made some improvements on the EU checklist page where you can check from which country the services you use are.
It'll be improved during the next weeks (clickable links to substitutes etc) but this is allready a good start. 😊
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We've reached our first '1k' followers overnight, sweet!
And what better day for us to have it then on Digital Independance Day. #diday
Thanks so much 😊
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Lokjo is a european substitute for googlemaps.
No cookies, no data, no nothing.
When you search locations by category (clothing shop, coffee bar, museum etc) it shows all locations at once. Except for corporations and chains, they get a grey dot.
Support us if you can by a donation here:
https://www.lokjo.com/donateOr just give it a boost. Thanks. 😊
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Lokjo is a free & non-commercial online map for everybody to easily find and support local shops, and you can support it with donations.
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Lokjo is not build with proprietary code. (like some people for some reason desperately want to make it look like)
And no, it's not officially 'open-source' either, it's 'made with' open source. Attributed of course.
It's a website-with-a-map to support local shops. There's no reason for it to be open source.
Hope that cleared things up a bit.
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Apparently "non-GAFAM" is a thing, and Lokjo is part of that.
(non Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, or Microsoft)
Ha, who knew. Nice.
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Yesterday the "European Network for Technological Resilience and Sovereignty" got founded. It looks promising. You can follow the summit today on live-stream
https://bmds.bund.de/aktuelles/eu-summit
At least we already have a european substitute for maps.
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Lokjo is a non-commercial online map for everybody to support local shops, and you can support it with donations.
This will not make me terribly rich*. But it does give the idea of appreciation and pays the coffee during work.
Thanks 😊
* if it does I'll be opening up a whole company to get it launched big.
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Did you know?
Lokjo is:
- non commercial
- to make you find local places easily
- to make aware of corporate/chains
- not using any data/cookies
- a one man project
- GDPR
- 95% hosted in Europe** the 5% (routing API) is from mapbox, it's allready on the list to change.
Just so you know. 😊
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Good morning europe!
Support your world a bit today by buying from non-bigcorporate shops.
This will take away profit from being invested in the bad things in the world. 😊
If you need new places, https://lokjo.com shows the nearest local shops in your area, on a map, all for free. Have a great weekend!
p.s. this is the 2nd post since the first somehow got hidden form the timeline.