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The community dedicated to boycotting the US until they stop fascism, restore full democracy and start following international law.

Americans have a moral obligation to resist Donald Trump and project 2025 at every turn.

America is a flawed democracy currently being ruled by oligarchs. Stop the backslide! Dont let America become the next Hungary.

America needs to challenge the court rulings of citizens united v. fec and shelby county v. holder, protect the media, implement independent district drawing, and the single transferable vote so they don't end up having people stay home in life-changing elections because they cannot vote for their favourite candidate.

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Non-American computer hardware (self.boycottus)

submitted 6 days ago by ninthant to c/boycottus

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I’m looking to avoid American-made goods and American companies as much as possible and this relatively challenging when it comes to computers.

From my research so far it seems very difficult to find computer hardware that isn’t using American company microprocessors. CPUs available to non-industrial uses tend to be AMD, Intel, or recently some Qualcomm — all US companies. Even Raspberry Pi uses a Broadcom chip, and the other up-and-coming ARM chips I’ve researched seem to be American as well.

I’d appreciate any insights in this area, either companies with existing products or up and coming companies to watch. If I had a blind spot in my research and I’m missing something obvious please tell me.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Is it really American computer hardware if it’s all manufactured outside of the US?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

Yes and no? I would make the distinction its American Designed hardware regardless of where it was manufactured. Manufacturing these days is a cheap commodity no matter what. 100% China would outsource manufacturing to African countries if it made economic sense over domestic production in China. At the end of the day you really got to figure out what your intentions are. Boycotting USA? By stuff designed and sold by companies outside the USA. Buying non exploitative and ethically procured and manufactured electronics? Well let me know if such a thing exists.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

They control the final product, so the answer is yes

[–] ninthant 2 points 6 days ago

I’m not going to demand that everyone share my preferences, but yes I’m trying to avoid supporting US companies as much as possible.

Which in the context of my question this means I’m looking for the parts which are often made in the same facilities as US companies but do not send any money to their firms.