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I am running out of things to cancel and not buy (self.buycanadian)

submitted 16 hours ago by bowreality to c/buycanadian

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Didn’t have many subscriptions (all US are cancelled) and was mostly eating Canadian food already. Swapping now what else is left … what now? I am so mad at the USA I need something else to take my anger out on.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

One that surprised me is how many apps etc are American. Even free apps usually profit by selling your data etc. So, worth taking the time to try and find non American digital substitutes.

A huge proportion of America's economy is actually digital services.

Other stuff you can do is write to local grocers. If they're labelling Canadian products, thank them and maybe ask if they can highlight all non American food. If they aren't labelling, ask what their plans are

[–] bowreality 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I went through my apps too. I am already careful with what I use and always check what data they collect. I even went so far and left shit reviews on uber, Netflix, Disney, anmazon, prime video, prime music etc. Apps. Anything that I could think of and had downloaded and subscribed to at some point. This gets me into a whole new level of petty. Yeah maybe I start writing politicians to get of Twitter (oh I should leave a shit review on that one too!) and grocery stores. I did send London Drugs a ton of suggestions for products already. 😬

[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Awesome!

Maybe it's letter writing time? I bet there are a lot of stores in your area that could use the moral.support of a letter urging them to reduce their American goods, flag non American ones etc.

Or, if you don't mins social media, joining bluesky (twitter alternative) or whatever that instagram alternative is? (More users => more growth => meaningful competitor.)

[–] bowreality 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah I am thinking letters but I am not a fan of writing. I am on Mastodon which is definitely not US. And here, Lemmy isn’t either.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Totally fair! As much as we hate AI, maybe you could use deepseek or somesuch to get the majority of the letter written and then edit and send as necessary? Honestly though, even a couple lines to a corporate contact email address etc works!

[–] bowreality 3 points 13 hours ago

Ugh then I rather write myself haha. It doesn’t have to be much, you are right.