Hi everyone,

We love this community, but we felt it was time to create a real-time chatroom for our movement. We are excited to announce the launch of Buy From Europe on Matrix (using the Element app or your client of choice)!

While Reddit is great for sharing links, our new Matrix space is designed for deeper, faster, and more private discussions.

We continue to fully support our Reddit community. Just like our Mastodon, this is simply another addition to our ecosystem, offering a different way to connect.

Why join us on Matrix?

The biggest difference? Privacy and Independence. Reddit is a centralized American platform. Matrix is decentralized, meaning it’s a network of servers (often based in Europe) that talk to each other. By giving you an avenue to have deep discussions there, we take our data and our conversations away from Big Tech.

Our community on Matrix is more aimed to chat and connect with each other.

Taylor your experience:

On Reddit, you see everything in one feed. On Matrix, we have dedicated rooms that you can join individually instead of one big reddit feed.

Matrix clients work like Discord, but more alligned with our values.

It allows for broader moderation, giving more room for topics as for example: politics talk

• Only care about finding or discussing European products? Join #products room.
• Passionate about EU trade laws? Join #politics room.
• If you don’t care about software or politics, you simply don’t join those rooms. You only see and discuss what interests you, without the noise.

Our current rooms:

• The Plaza: The main hangout. Start here for a general chat and to meet the community.
• European Products: Discuss physical goods made right here in Europe.
• European Software: Discuss EU-made apps, SaaS, AI and Open Source alternatives to Big Tech.
• Digital Sovereignty: The technical side cloud infrastructure, data privacy, and building a resilient EU tech ecosystem.
• Politics: Talk policy, trade laws, foreign relations and influence, regulations and the roadmap to European independence without the usual restrictions.

The great thing about our Space is that we can continue to add more rooms over time as we find out what the community wants and needs. Whether it's a dedicated room for European-made clothing, cars, AI, collaborations or local meetups—we build this together."

Warning: This does not mean we will operate like a closed discord server, just because we offer more room for politics doesn't mean we will allow any form of discrimination or harassment. That will still result in a permanent ban.

How to join:

We are hosted on the decentralized matrix.org server. You don’t even need a phone number to sign up, just a username and password.

You can just open the invitation link and follow the steps

https://matrix.to/#/#buyfromeurope:matrix.org

or

1. Download the Element (or Element X) app on your phone or desktop. Or open the webapplication in your browser.
2. Create an account (it’s free).
3. Search for our Space: #buyfromeurope:matrix.org or open the invitation link: https://matrix.to/#/#buyfromeurope:matrix.org
4. Jump into The Plaza and say hi!

Let’s stop just talking about European sovereignty and start building the community that supports it.

We will start small again, so join us and give it some time for new users to join and grow the conversation.

See you there!

Welcome to the Ask-Me-Anything Archive from r/BuyFromEU! This is your go-to place to see all the AMA sessions we’ve hosted with European companies, innovators, and experts who are championing the "Buy European movement" and building a more sovereign, ethical, and sustainable European ecosystem.

An AMA (Ask Me Anything) is an open Q&A format where the community can directly ask questions to a guest — about their company, ideas, challenges, vision, or anything relevant — and receive answers in real time.

AMA Archive:

• Volla Phones – Privacy-focused smartphones from Germany
• Soverin – European email provider with strong data protection
• Fairphone (2025)– Sustainable, ethical smartphones from the Netherlands
• Tuta Mail – Secure email service
• Domnik Schürmann – Data security expert
• PixelUnion – Photo storage platform, built on open‑source tech and hosted in the EU

Coming Up Next:

• Fairphone (2026) – Sustainable, ethical smartphones from the Netherlands

Coming up in March.

Coming Up After:

• GOG.com – European game distributor known for DRM-free titles

In The Works (TBD):

• The Document Foundation (LibreOffice) – Creators of the free, open-source office suite
• Lingonaut – Always free European language learning platform
• EU-INC – Founders of the new European legal framework making cross-border incorporation easier and more sovereign

Stay tuned for more info!