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• Why is there no

  European alternative to Gmail

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  Why isn't there a European alternative to Gmail?

  HoldOnAMinute · Oct 14, 2026in “Google is silently linking your phone number across all signed-in accounts”

• Wish it existed

  credible alternative to the current BSN syntax

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  But for that to be possible, there should be a credible alternative to the current BSN syntax

  nextaccountic · Oct 10, 2026in “Bevy 0.20”

• Wish it existed

  real alternative to the play store

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  I wish there was a real alternative to the play store.

  remuskaos · Aug 6, 2026in “Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery”

• Wish it existed

  established way to build local first software with a robust syncing in the background, either P2P or to a server

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  I wish there was an established way to build local first software with a robust syncing in the background, either P2P or to a server.

  janandonly · Aug 2, 2026in “Show HN: Syncular – offline-first SQL sync with TypeScript and Rust cores”

• Would pay for

  search is to build an alternative to all the crap out there

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  So I could view Kagi strictly as a service, like a guy who mows my lawn, but part of the reason I'd pay for search is to build an alternative to all the crap out there.

  rpdillon · May 30, 2026in “Search engines alternatives now that Google isn't Google anymore”

• Wish it existed

  national payment processing operator as an alternative to VISA/MC

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  There should be a national payment processing operator as an alternative to VISA/MC.

  Aspos · May 13, 2026in “Kickstarter is forced to ban adult content by payment processors”

• Wish it existed

  finally a decent alternative to this junk

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  I wish there was finally a decent alternative to this junk.

  RandomGerm4n · May 8, 2026in “Hackers breach JDownloader's website to serve malware-laced downloads”

• Wish it existed

  alternative to the stock market where you invest for the long haul, and you cannot take your money out in x number of years

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  > I wish there were an alternative to the stock market where you invest for the long haul, and you cannot take your money out in x number of years.

  kgwgk · Apr 21, 2026in “Anthropic takes $5B from Amazon and pledges $100B in cloud spending in return”

• Wish it existed

  alternative to the stock market where you invest for the long haul, and you cannot take your money out in x number of years

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  I wish there were an alternative to the stock market where you invest for the long haul, and you cannot take your money out in x number of years.

  giancarlostoro · Apr 21, 2026in “Anthropic takes $5B from Amazon and pledges $100B in cloud spending in return”

• Why is there no

  European alternative to Apple app store

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  Why is there no European alternative to Apple app store?

  anovikov · Feb 20, 2026in “I tried building my startup entirely on European infrastructure”

• Wish it existed

  sane modern alternative to SLURM

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  I wish there was a sane modern alternative to SLURM.

  IshKebab · Nov 24, 2025in “Show HN: Virtual SLURM HPC cluster in a Docker Compose”