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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

From clothing down on the right column, never seen any of these available for sale here in the midwest

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

They do not sell adidas in the midwest?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

I live in the USA and I will buy foreign as much as possible. Until we make it illegal most likely

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (3 children)

HMD could be mentioned in electronics, they're Finnish and they make smartphones. The CPUs in some of their phones are from Unisoc who are Chinese; maybe some people would want to know that. In their other phones they use Qualcomm CPUs, and Qualcomm are American.

Also there are more alternatives to American goods/services outside of Europe, e.g. goods/services from places like Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, Canada, New Zealand.

E.g. South Korean cars (Hyundai and Kia) or Taiwanese electronics (Asus, Acer, MSI).

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (3 children)

he CPUs in some of their phones are from Unisoc who are Chinese

AFAIK you can't make a phone without some Chinese components.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Somehow I don't use/buy any of these? Like from either side of the chart... I guess I'm doing my part?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Pretty sure Qwant just uses Bing's index for search

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

Same goes for Ecosia though both are now creating a European search index.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Thank you - from (sadly) an American

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Omg, I'm boycotting USA ... since like forever, I'm so sorry, it was totally by accident, thots and players, I hope everyone recovers financially.

Tho the steaming one I do a bit ... differently.

(Also just boycott big corpos as much as possible, no matter the region!!)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Don't forget A.G. Barr for drinks, Iron Bru, Rubicon

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

You will never avoid Coke. Just admit your impending failure.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Anyone know if Qwant's search engine is pretty capable? I would like to ditch Google, but it's hard b/c it has the best search results

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (3 children)

For messaging: Element on Matrix (decentralized)

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