Calls for boycotting US products spread in northern Europe
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Facebook makes a certain amount of money per person. It's probably not that high.
If they can easily gather and find simple quick replacements for US goods that probably affects the US economy more.
I don't use Facebook for this myself, but have made lots of changes effectively now moving large sums of money from US companies to EU equivalents. There are still some stuff left, but most things are changed.
I think that has a bigger effect and is a lot easier
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Big holidays? America will be in a recession by Easter at this rate
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We have our own garbage food. If you don't go to McDonald's or Burger King, you can go to Hesburger or whatever else your region has. Admittedly still inspired by American garbage food, but profits European companies.
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Aren't there actually tiktok alternatives I'm the Fediverse, rather than suggesting something that's use case is different?
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American cars are niche, but somewhat popular where I live. There's 3 companies specializing in selling and servicing American cars here in Estonia that I can think of right away, but probably more in total. But the new American car sales aren't very good because they're all so massive and expensive, the only target audience is people who like to show off AND have a lot of cash (or a lot of them are company cars tbh, you can register a big ass pick-up truck as an N1 cargo van and spend less tax if you use it for personal purposes, compared to using an M1 passenger car for personal purposes. Somehow. I don't remember the specifics)
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That was my first thought. I want to find one that is smaller and distributed near me.
I might start with Crown Royal. At least the owning company is British (they also own my favorite American whiskey.)
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Anyone else in northern Europe noticing that all the US products are the shitty ones you never buy anyway? I think the only American stuff I ever buy is steam games. No food. I was already boycotting Starbucks and MacDonalds over Palestine.
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Hesburger? Interesting, I'll have to look that up, haven't heard of it.
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Yeah, that Lemmy thing is extremely crap.
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I meant FB groups, they are jusr like Lemmy communities: it's a question of a topic + a group of people
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Finland and Baltics mostly. It's the biggest chain here in Estonia by locations (unless you count gas stations), but probably 2nd in popularity because McDonald's seems more popular. Idk if they put crack on their fries or what, but it's just not comparable.
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Well, if content comes from Canada it's just a question of server hosting.
You refer to Netflix and co?
That's a wip everywhere I guess
https://www.reddit.com/r/newfoundland/s/jkna5XzvxH -
no not really, its a totally different thing. you cant follow people here, nobody here uses their real name, and you can't limit visibility of content to just friends. marketplace is also not a thing, and that feature is not just yet another community
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Most grocery stores now highlight Canadian goods next to the price tag on the shelf
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Spendrups is a licensed Coca Cola factory. Make sure to check for any such shenanigans before buying Spendrups.
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A lot of supermarket food brands are American. You might be surprised if you start looking. Both my deodorant and toothpaste is from Unilever, for instance.
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Welcome and have fun! Glad to see you over on this side
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Unilever is UK based and was UK/Dutch before that. Does it being a multinational make it American enough for you?
