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[Finance] How best to boycott USA goods.
- Thread starter Pevenseagull
- Start date
- Jan 25, 2025
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I’m starting with digital services I pay a subscription for.
Xbox Gamepass gone
Apple Music gone
Office 365 next.
Xbox Gamepass gone
Apple Music gone
Office 365 next.
um bongo molongo
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Pronlem is if you’re doing that, you should really be boycotting China too. Those two together pretty much impossible to boycott unless you want to live in a cave.
dadams2k11
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Hello to anyone on this thread who will be boycotting America.
I take it you're going back to Nokia 3510's and using Linux from now on? Nokia and Linux originate from Finland, so you're in the clear.
The market will soon be flooded with second hand iPhone's, Mac's and Samsung's.
I take it you're going back to Nokia 3510's and using Linux from now on? Nokia and Linux originate from Finland, so you're in the clear.
The market will soon be flooded with second hand iPhone's, Mac's and Samsung's.
happypig
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With respect, you're missing the point.
I'm not going to get rid of my macbook or iphone but, going forward, I am going to look for non-American products. Hence I cancelled my Prime that was due to renew next week.
Oh, and Samsung is Korean.
Samsung is a Korean company
Algernon
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And ipads too hopefully. I need to update mine.
Oops I mean, yeah get rid of those shitty ipads too
- Oct 12, 2022
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The hardware that I’ve bought I will keep. They’ve had their money off me from that, nothing I can do about it. Both my Mac and Windows machines had Linux installed on them last night though.
From my experience during testing I can confirm that Ubuntu is still the only distribution that delivers a fairly straightforward Windows equivalent out the box.
I’ve gone for Manjaro Linux, but I’m comfortable messing about with downloading bits, terminal commands and editing config files until everything works how I want it.
I strongly recommend not straying from Ubuntu if you’re considering moving, aren’t techie and want/expect things to largely just work straight after install. Do back everything up before you start too.
Mobile phone Operating Systems are tougher. There’s mainly iOS, Android, or OS’s that are effectively reskinned versions of Android. There’s a couple of other efforts out there, but neither seem “app rich” or particularly widely supported. I may stick with what I have until it dies, then see what’s available at that point.
dadams2k11
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Where's the operating system made? I'll give you a clue. It's called Android.
- Jul 27, 2024
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It's obviously impossible to 'boycott America' totally as their products and services are all-pervasive. But where there are good alternatives, sure, why not? I've always used Amazon for convenience for instance, but in reality there are loads of alternative suppliers for essentially the same goods. No one is going to throw devices away that they've already paid for for obvious reasons. But do I really need to buy a new iPad this year simply because I usually upgrade every 2 years? No, there's no reason at all. Do I really need to use Starbucks, as I do out of habit and familiarity, when there are so many alternatives? No. Plenty of alternatives to McDonalds and Burgerking if I want some fast food at a service station. Small changes but over a year, it mounts up.
dadams2k11
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Think there's a lot of virtue signalling going on.
Be interesting to see how this thread looks in a years time, and if people have managed to boycott fully.
Be interesting to see how this thread looks in a years time, and if people have managed to boycott fully.
- Oct 12, 2022
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I don’t think anyone’s expecting to be able to boycott fully, as they’ve patiently and repeatedly explained to you.
dadams2k11
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Hang on a minute....I don’t think anyone’s expecting to be able to boycott fully, as they’ve patiently and repeatedly explained to you.
What's your definition of boycott? My definition is not using, buying and being part of something, for protest?
- Oct 12, 2022
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I’m not going through it again for you, read what’s already there.
DataPoint
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- Mar 31, 2015
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Sorry! I've spent about £18,000 with Amazon in the past 7 years according to my bank statement - so I wont be cutting off my nose to spite my face. Ludicrously sensible method to consider purchasing just about anything! Let us all know if you find anything superior, especially if it's British.
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dadams2k11
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All I asked was for your definition of boycott?
- Jul 10, 2003
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Once again for the hard of thinking
That is about as simple as I can make it
- May 8, 2018
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You would be surprised how much of the UK commercial / semi commercial / mixed use buildings are owned or part owned by US Private Equity firms / funds.
Quite a sizeable chunk of UK care facilities are also us owned.
I see these complex corporate structures daily at work, it’s a alarming how uncle Sam’s tentacles are embedded severely within UK infrastructure much like the Chinese and UAE
Quite a sizeable chunk of UK care facilities are also us owned.
I see these complex corporate structures daily at work, it’s a alarming how uncle Sam’s tentacles are embedded severely within UK infrastructure much like the Chinese and UAE
portlock seagull
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- Jul 28, 2003
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I don’t understand why you’d crow, on this thread especially, about occupying the moral low ground? Of course alternatives exist, if you care or have the wit to venture beyond what Planet Besos serves you. However, I do understand many people don’t have the mental agility to do this, which may or may not include you? Who knows.