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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You can add Miele to the appliances list.

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[–] grue 12 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Honestly a lot of this is just good advice in general, even speaking as an American.

Also, oof that General Motors apparently isn't important enough to be worth avoiding (and that ~~Chrysler~~ Stellantis no longer counts as American).

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Spond?

Spond is The Free Sports Team Management App Chosen by 1000's of Teams Worldwide!

Social media? Sports management is social media????

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (5 children)

First time i see this sub on the frontpage.

You should boycott evil corporations regardless of where they are from, don't make it a nationalistic thing, some of the alternative suggested here are as much bad as their usa counterpart. You are not achieving shit by switching from nike to adidas...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The last line on the document says "Perfect is the enemy of good. Every little bit counts."

It's pretty apt. To deal with this particular issue it makes sense to divest from one country to another regardless of brands. Divesting from mega corporations is another issue entirely and beyond the scope of this boycott.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

You can buy from a company where people get 30 days of paid leave, unlimited sick days, and health care.

Of course especially for fashion, production will mostly be somewhere in Asia under dubious conditions.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago

Food drink and clothing I was never buying either side anyway.

Recently got some new plain cotton t-shirts though. £2.50 each at Tesco so I got 8. Should just about last me to 2030.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

+1 for MUBI , it is a streaming service with curated high quality cinema. And they have a very accesible plan . They have a notebook or magazine they deliver every few months that is priceless. I have some volumes. For Cinema lovers obviously .

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

L for Proton mention.

CEO is fascist loving boot licker

Edit: company rescinded statement Andy Ten Yen made

[–] blueeggsandyam 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Fastmail is a good non US alternative. Based in Australia.

For those that don’t know about Proton. Proton CEO said “10 years ago, Republicans were the party of big business and Dems stood for the little guys, but today the tables have completely turned.” The company then doubled down on a Reddit post which it eventually deleted.

You have to be blind or a liar to look at what the Republicans have done in the last 10 years and think they pro little guy.

Despite claiming political neutrality, Proton later issued a statement reiterating its support for stronger antitrust measures, particularly against Big Tech. The company noted that regardless of broader political views on the Republican platform, the appointment of Gail Slater as head of the Justice Department’s antitrust division under Donald Trump was a positive step.

So they don’t care how bad the government is as long as it helps them. So not a Nazi but willing to support them if they can get something out of it. Furthermore it is also not true. The US under Trump has threatened Europe multiple times to defend big Tech.

Proton further argued that major tech companies were attempting to align with Trump because his administration posed an “unprecedented challenge to their monopolistic dominance.” This statement only fueled concerns that Proton was leaning politically despite its claims of neutrality.

They don’t seem to understand what politically neutral is. Also if you wanted a president that went after big tech, Biden did way more than Trump:

Under President Biden, the DOJ and FTC have taken a more aggressive approach to antitrust enforcement.  

The Justice Department filed another suit against Google over its dominance in the advertising technology space and sued Apple for allegedly monopolizing the smartphone market.  

Biden’s FTC also sued Amazon for antitrust violations, accusing the e-commerce giant of engaging in anticompetitive behavior to dominate the online retail space.

Proton also lied about logging user data.

In 2021, Proton Mail admitted to handing over a user’s IP address to Swiss authorities following a request from French law enforcement via Europol. This revelation contradicted Proton’s earlier claims that it did not log user data.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

You seem to simply disagree with him on "going after big tech" when it comes to antitrust. The guy also mentioned why he thinks democrats are a lost cause in the antitrust space.

So they don’t care how bad the government is as long as it helps them

This is a complete non sequitur from the previous paragraph. The reasonable conclusion is that they (or better, HE) don't care if it's a republican or a Democrat pushing for antitrust enforcement. They didn't endorse the government, they didn't campaign for them, they praised that pick, and if it is a good pick why shouldn't them? Everyone benefits from big tech monopolies being broken up.

Now, we might disagree with his opinion, I personally think it was naive and overly optimistic, but having an opinion like that is completely legitimate.

Proton also lied about logging user data.

False. What they did was 100% expected by any company. They have been forced to log that particular user data, because complying with laws is a requirement to run a business. Not logging data is not a control that cannot be implemented in a way that can't be reverted. They had to be forced to log user data because they didn't, which proves exactly the opposite of what you are claiming.

If you want to take it up with someone here, take it up with governments who abuse antiterrorism laws. Any company in any jurisdiction could be forced to do the same.

Same for the case where they handed out the recovery email address of that user. 100% expected and a great proof of how little data they have about users.

Edit: For completeness here is an article from someone who went through past history (words and actions) for Proton https://medium.com/@ovenplayer/does-proton-really-support-trump-a-deeper-analysis-and-surprising-findings-aed4fee4305e

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I am still waiting for anyone to give actual evidence for that. Stating on twitter that the Democrats were unwilling to even listen to their concerns, while the Republicans were willing to meet, seems to be quite far from bootlicking imo.

The whole outrage seemed to be engineered in the same way there were people claiming Proton would be a CIA assets, but never providing any lead, not even some obscure untrustworthy website making such a claim.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Looks like the company officially recinded the statement Andy Yen made. Posted text to avoid Xitter link

Tap for spoilerWe want to clarify that Proton's CEO did not endorse Trump, only the Republican nominee for antitrust. Nevertheless, we have retracted the statement, which was put out by mistake due to an internal miscommunication. For further information, you can also see this Reddit thread that contains an analysis of why many believe that Proton and our CEO are not supporting any party:

https://old.reddit.com/r/Anarchism/comments/1id5v21/does_proton_really_support_trump)

Proton is not controlled by any single person, but by the non profit Proton Foundation which has neutrality in its governing principles and we remain committed to the neutrality principle. The Proton Foundation is also legally obligated in its charter to defend freedom and democracy.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (3 children)

HMD could be mentioned in electronics, they're Finnish and they make smartphones. The CPUs in some of their phones are from Unisoc who are Chinese; maybe some people would want to know that. In their other phones they use Qualcomm CPUs, and Qualcomm are American.

Also there are more alternatives to American goods/services outside of Europe, e.g. goods/services from places like Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, Canada, New Zealand.

E.g. South Korean cars (Hyundai and Kia) or Taiwanese electronics (Asus, Acer, MSI).

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (3 children)

he CPUs in some of their phones are from Unisoc who are Chinese

AFAIK you can't make a phone without some Chinese components.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Pretty sure Qwant just uses Bing's index for search

[–] LorIps 8 points 1 day ago

Same goes for Ecosia though both are now creating a European search index.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Thank you - from (sadly) an American

[–] DicJacobus 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

trying to convince me to switch to BMW. bold move Cotton.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago

love to see bespoke weathered text instead of a font

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

For clothing id probably recommend thrifting. But I love this list.

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