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[-] Lanske@lemmy.world 4 points 31 minutes ago

I know that my country - The Netherlands imports a lot from the US, so i am trying not to. Ditched all my Meta accounts, closed Amazon account/prime and Kindle, moved away from Google to several other services, stopped several streaming services and when we buy products from the supermarket actively check wheter products are from the US, and replace them with local/EU/Canadian products.

[-] redlemace@lemmy.world 15 points 1 hour ago

And so: Hello Lemmy! Here I am! Left 'socials' like reddit, dropped hotmail and google accounts ...... i'ts not much but it's start

[-] pseudo@jlai.lu 2 points 26 minutes ago
[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 hour ago

Welcome, new one!

[-] froh42@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago

Migrating cloud servers to European hosters. Give EU money to improve/build a linux desktop. Use that desktop in government, schools, universities... (instead of Windows). Fork Firefox. Host fediverse services and use them where the governments use Twitter / TikTok / Insta.

Harder: Mandate for mobile phones with a user installable OS (Cyanogen etc.) Force tech companies to provide total transparency about data usage. Cancel any safe harbor agreements.

In the end, everything the Open Source crowd wished for.

Btw, I'd have no issues with American / Russian / China hosted open source stuff when we can review what it does. Ah, ok, a "european code review agency" might be a thing.

[-] yankfreelive@lemmy.cafe 2 points 27 minutes ago

Kick them out of Ramstein.

[-] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

What exactly does the US produce that is imported into the EU? Consumer market, of course, where one person has choice in the matter.

[-] freebee@sh.itjust.works 34 points 4 hours ago

Here's to hoping trump tariff war makes those stupid American pick-up trucks a lot more expensive to buy in EU. I hope the douchebags that bought them before have to pay way higher prices for parts now.

[-] uienia@lemmy.world 9 points 3 hours ago

Not to mention Tesla.

[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 26 points 4 hours ago

Fuck us up, y'all!

Sincerely,

Ashamed American

[-] chmod755@feddit.org 14 points 3 hours ago

Another terrible situation like Brexit - where the voices of many reasonable people are ignored. Feel free to come to Europe any time

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[-] Novice_Idiot@lemmy.wtf 39 points 7 hours ago

Can we collectively decide not to respect American intellectual property laws to really hit the tech sector where it hurts? We don't get that many physical goods over here but most of our software is American owned. I advocate for not paying American tech companies anymore.

[-] redlemace@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

If we start ignoring the laws, we are no better than Trump and his ~~clowns~~ clan. Go for the alternatives instead. Also, If you keep using the US software they still get all anvertisement and telemetry which is more valuable to them than the software itself anyway.

[-] yankfreelive@lemmy.cafe 1 points 25 minutes ago

intellectual property laws are idiotic laws.

[-] redlemace@lemmy.world 1 points 16 minutes ago

You're entitled to that opinion, and feel free to suggest a change of law, but for now ...... it's still the law. And obeying only the laws that suits your goals is very much Trump/MAGA style. Let's not get down to their level.

[-] froh42@lemmy.world 24 points 5 hours ago

We need our own tech stack, that is at least verifyable. It's due time to kick out the American tech giants from government projects etc.

With America possibly becoming the new Russia it is just not safe to rely on Microsoft, Apple, Aws etc.

We need an Europan open source stack.

[-] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

What kind of stack are you thinking of?

[-] tty5@lemmy.world 25 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

EU regulations that can be triggered in response to tariffs include an option to make that completely legal

Edit because I'm getting asked for a source: EU Anti Coercion Instrument that got passed in 2021 and came into effect in December 2023: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=OJ%3AL_202302675

Specifically Annex I, paragraph 7:

ANNEX I

Union response measures pursuant to Article 8

[...]

  1. The imposition of restrictions on the protection of intellectual property rights or their commercial exploitation, in relation to rightholders that are nationals of the third country concerned, which may amount, as necessary, to the non-performance of applicable international obligations with respect to trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights.

This applies to copyright and patents, but not trademarks as far as I know.

[-] Novice_Idiot@lemmy.wtf 8 points 6 hours ago

That would be amazing! It would actually have some teeth

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[-] Saleh@feddit.org 18 points 6 hours ago

If you want to learn how to do successful boycott campaigns, you should look for the BDS Movement, that has worked to spread awareness to boycott companies affiliated with the illegal Israeli occupation and genocide against Palestinians.

And no surprise, you will find many US companies in there. Also it should come as no surprise, that the US wants to outlaw even talking about boycotts in many states, as well as corrupt European politicians like in Germany attacking the notion of boycotting companies involved with brutal crimes against humanity.

We need to join efforts in reducing the economic power of Imperialism, whichever shape it takes.

https://bdsmovement.net/

[-] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 4 hours ago

Awesome. I hadn't heard of this.

Quick look at their website shows they've actually achieved some pretty great things.

This is a great example. You can't just stop buying everything. Boycotting specific companies with specific demands is the way.

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