---
title: "Digital sovereignty"
url: "https://lui.vn/digital-sovereignty/"
language: "en"
type: "chirp"
published: "2026-04-04T09:30:52+00:00"
modified: "2026-04-13T16:18:23+00:00"
categories: ["Chirps"]
kicker: "Taking It Back"
intro: "Migrating away from US tech companies toward open-source and European alternatives - one service at a time."
---

# Digital sovereignty

New milestone in my ongoing quest to move all my software away from US tech companies toward non-American or open-source alternatives. Started small on Android – swapped Microsoft SwiftKey for [FUTO Keyboard](https://keyboard.futo.org/). 100% offline, fully private, running locally-hosted open-source OpenAI Whisper models for voice input. No cloud, no telemetry, no bullshit. Then migrated all Google services to [Proton](https://proton.me/) out of Switzerland – Proton Mail, Proton Drive, Proton Calendar, Proton Pass, the whole suite. Final boss: upgrading my gaming laptop from Windows 11 to [Bazzite](https://bazzite.gg/), a Fedora-based Linux distro designed to feel like Valve’s SteamOS while still functioning as a real computer. Worked fantastic out of the box. US tech companies are increasingly not neutral – not politically, not ideologically, not commercially. Digital sovereignty isn’t paranoia. It’s overdue.