How I Moved My Digital Stack to Europe
The author describes a comprehensive migration of their digital stack from US to European providers, motivated by privacy concerns and GDPR compliance. Key switches include: email from Gmail to ProtonMail (€8/month for 15GB), cloud storage from Dropbox to Tresorit (€10/month for 200GB), analytics from Google Analytics to Matomo (self-hosted, free), and domain management from Namecheap to Gandi (€12/year). The migration took two weekends and involved exporting data, updating DNS records, and notifying contacts. A concrete consequence: the author's monthly costs rose from $15 to €30, but they gained full control over data and compliance with European privacy laws. The article also notes that some services, like GitHub, had no viable European alternative, so the author kept them but limited data exposure.
Developers can achieve GDPR compliance and data sovereignty by switching to European providers.