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
Well, the stuff I replaced the American stuff with is just better.
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
Ask all the American tourism industry types who whine about the loss of Canadian visitors if anybody’s still doing the boycott. Ask Jack Daniels and Jim Beam if Canadians are still doing the boycott.
Yes. People are still doing the boycott, and in the case of Canada I think we may be watching a cultural shift appear in real time. In 25 years when people think “vacation” in Canada they’ll either think “Canada” or they’ll think literally anywhere else in the world other than the USA.
It is truly fun to behold.
I think we’re getting less loud about it as it becomes less of a boycott and more of a way of life. “Canadian first, but anything but American” is kind of the new normal now.
I totally agree. It has become second nature now…look on the label and if it says, “Made in USA”, then put it back on the shelf.
Norway checking in. Doing my best. About to be 100% free from Google. No Amazon… no Microsoft… no Apple… For the most part I buy no American products either. Think everything is going great 🙂👍
No amazon in norway isnt hard tho^^ norwegians should try no coke and tesla.
Sorry not trying to shit on you, just disapointed in many others here, no microsoft google and amazon is a great thing, getting rid of facebook dependency here would also be nice.
I totally agree with you. Tesla sales in Norway is a disapointment. We have a couple of good coke alternatives though - if only more people could buy those… (they’re half the price, even).
Sadly I deleted facebook many years ago. Would love to delete it now instead 😉
Again i didn’t mean you personally, but love to hear someone else doesn’t have facebook in this country ^^
Greece here, doing my best! nothing change and nothing will. FUCK USA.
I can write as many as fuck usa I want, cause fuck usa. Kids died, and their complain was their fucking oil!Canadian here: 100%!
I’ve gotten it down to just google products (youtube and android), but will be replacing them as soon as I find the means to do so. Once that’s done, there will be nothing left in my life that’s US, not even entertainment.
This will continue indefinitely, too ♡
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Canadian here, eh, boycotting them as much as I am able to
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.
You can bet I’m still boycotting. But after the big initial sweep (low hanging fruits: email providers, social media, shopping, … this is all continuing), changes are now incremental and/or take a bit longer to implement: reduce dependency on natural gas (eg insulating our house), selling the USA EV… But overall, the dies have been cast. Most crucial now is to convince friends and family, so keep the posts with examples and successes coming.
Canadian here. As much as possible.
I like many here left Reddit and found Lemmy because of the boycott. I dropped all my US streaming services and moved to the high seas. I stopped using my ISPs email because they use exchange. I have officially spent my last cent to apple as I self host things, still looking for off site backup of my Nextcloud but that will come soon enough. I started boycotting the google (minus Youtube) years ago, now I use an app that blocks ads. All of my computing that does not happen on my iPad or iPhone happens on raspberry pi’s. I still take this boycott very seriously.
