Yes totally on it and won’t go back using them again. Degoogled, deleted all US based social media, Moved from those fedi instance that uses US hosting provider, Still blocking ads, Still pirate stuff, and stopped buying stuff that i know are from US
Yes definitely still boycotting in the hopes that supply chains will change and Canada will never again be as integrated with the USA as it once was.
American here. I seriously fricking hope that you guys haven’t given up the boycott yet. Money is the only language my fucking hellish government speaks. If you’re worried about those of us on the bottom, we’ll be fine. Don’t worry about us. We’ll live. Just keep up the pressure.
Yup
Canadian here. As much as possible.
Yep, boycotting everything that is from the Yanks or the Zionists
Eu here, doing my part.
Moving to linux, 3/5 done. Jordan toothpaste. Meira ketchup. Looking for new favourite jeans. Going to degoogle. Switched fast food chains or rather going to non fast food altogether. Market brand cola. Soda machine, co2 and concentrates not made on stolen land. LV shaving cream. Planning to switch razor blade, electric toothbrushes and buy 3rd party parts until the switch. Changed remote desktop software. European hosting. I don’t think I have need for an American booze bottle ever again. Much more that I forget now. Bit by bit finding the alternatives.
Well, the stuff I replaced the American stuff with is just better.
Still going with it. I would say my spending on US products/services and use of US platforms is down probably 90%-95% from what it was 18 months ago.
As much as possible
Okay so this is something I’ve been thinking about for a while and I found this community. The names you find for DRM-free digital PC games are GOG, itch.io and Zoom-Platform - only the first is Polish, the other two are American. There are smaller stores like the Swedish Fireflower Games, but the three up top are the big names.
I already don’t spend money on the various DRM launchers, of which the majority are American. Don’t get the point of buying a game if I need to use some online launcher connecting to a third party service to even be able to run it (unsurprisingly an idea grown in the US), I like owning my stuff, thanks.
But should I keep not actively spending money on itch and Zoom-Platform as long as the US is not even trying to get rid of its fascism? Not that I’m a big spender in any case, but it’s still worth thinking about.
You should do what you’re comfortable doing. Everybody has their own line for what is and isn’t acceptable.
I’m hard core. I use no product or service that I pay for that comes from an American company or producer of any size. (I’ll let you read between the lines on that.) I don’t have a Google account, nor a Xhitter one, nor any Meta products, etc. But I also don’t buy artisanal (is it really?) goods from small producers in the USA either. There’s artisanal stuff available all over the world; one country is easy to avoid.
Right now literally the last American product I use is Android, and that will be corrected when I get my next phone. Since it’s a Chinese phone (in China) there’s nothing that will profit Google anyway, so it doesn’t matter to me. The damage, in the form of Google getting money from me, has already been done. But my next phone will not have an American system on it.
That being said, I know that’s not realistic for everybody and honestly, even 10% boycott is better than 0%. The disease of expecting everything to be all or nothing is part of what got the USA into the mess where everybody wants to boycott it, so … that purity angle is ridiculous coming the other direction. Boycott what fits into your life and what you’re comfortable with. No more, no less. If you think paying small producers is OK but not the megacorps and such? Fine. If you think you can’t really stop using Windows or Android or iOS or whatever for reasons, that’s also fine. It’s your line, you draw it.
And every little bit of American stuff you cut out of your life: I think you deeply for your efforts.
My thinking about it is if I pay even a dollar to say itch.io, I know they mean well and I know they won’t directly support US fascism, but they still pay taxes which would inevitably go to all the actively harmful faces making our lives worse. I wanted to know whether or I’m being overkill for that, but in all honesty there doesn’t seem to be anything overkill about this, it’s just the appropriate response.
I use a Xiaomi phone as well with Android, but with Google already planning to screw us over in the most “”“advanced flow”“” possible, I’m only hoping Linux phones catch up and maybe it would be the next one. I did try to also migrate out of Google Docs but it seems my only decent European alternative is Proton which is not easily accessible in my country, what’s with them offering a VPN service and all that.
Likewise, I appreciate every little bit of effort you make in boycotting the USA, and even 5% is better than 0%. Thank you.
boycotting the us became the normal life for me
Def doing so. I stopped using US-owned social media altogether, and no longer buy American products. Friends whom I know also stopped investing in the US and moved to European ESGs and SRIs.
Yep, many are divesting in USA companies, and bringing their money to the EU.
Yup, and to avoid another US 2.0, it’s advisable to invest in worker-owned co-operatives, into independent, investigative journalism, and pro-democratic, antifascist movements. Be critical of algorithms that foster polarisation and right-wing sentiment.
More democracy means better business, better labour, better wellbeing environments. Social wellbeing pays off greatly.
Exactly. Get a subscription on a good newspaper, it helps protect independent journalism. Become a party member, and make sure to vote. Naturally, that is not reeeeally a US boycott, but this is the right time to adjust your personal strategy.
Yup. I can recommend the Jacobin, Follow the Money, Die Tageszeitung (German), and De Correspondent (Dutch).
Canada here. Still avoiding American produce in the grocery store if possible. I’ve missed citrus fruit, but some Moroccan oranges showed up last week. Mexico is our main supplier these days.
I spend 1-3 minutes to look for the company address. US address? Let’s check the next one. Their fine prints won’t stop me!
You mean like if it’s a product of Mexico or Morroco, but the company is still USA owned?
FUCK yes!
If an American company is making “product of <country>” what’s happening is that the Americans are exploiting the labour of <country> while rolling in the profits in the USA.
Fuck American companies. No matter where they’re exploiting their labour.
Yep, no money to US billionaires means avoiding all US owned companies, no matter how high up. I dont care if its assembled in Canada, if the profits go to the US… Nope.
I learned Equifruit, the fair trade banana company you see at Costco and Sobeys, is Canadian owned
