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What are your top easy recommendations to your more mainstream/normie friends? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 8 hours ago by MyBrainHurts@lemmy.ca to c/buycanadian@lemmy.ca
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I'm thinking of my friends and family who aren't on an alternative social media that loves Linux and Star Trek memes. I've been recommending stuff (I'll put in the comments) they can do that I think is easy and helpful but curious to see what your thoughts/recommendations are!

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[-] otter@lemmy.ca 10 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Chapman's icecream was a recommendation from even before the recent events

Switching local grocery stores could also be reasonably easy (but the exact list depends on where the person lives)

[-] MyBrainHurts@lemmy.ca 6 points 8 hours ago

My suggestions have mostly been more on the attacking the American market side of things, so:

  1. Switching browsers, or barring that, the search function from Google to DuckDuckGo (and the browser to Opera if they're ready for that step.)

  2. Leaving facebook/insta, but if that's not an option, following John Oliver's advice for making themselves less valuable: https://www.johnoliverwantsyourraterotica.com/

  3. For skincare etc, Deciem/The Ordinary. For bulk stuff like deodorant, soap etc, looking for Unilever instead of one of the American conglomerates like Proctor and Gamble etc.

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Any reason for switching to Opera over say Firefox and alternatives? Opera is chromium, which makes them susceptible to manipulation from Google. I think open source / nonprofit projects are still worth supporting even if they originate in the US.

Zen browser is a solid recommendation for regular users, it has a beautiful layout and some new features that would make a browser change more palatable.

Solid recommendations on the other stuff, I should pass them along to people

[-] cb_nomad@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 hours ago

I always liked Firefox more than Chrome, and with some new privacy issues coming up with Firefox I switched to LibreWolf

[-] MyBrainHurts@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 hours ago

Good point on firefox/Opera, didn't know about the chromium. I like open source, I just saw that the Mozilla foundation has 400 mill in revenue a year and is headquartered in America, so I figured Opera was a slightly better choice. But I don't disagree with you, open source is still a good thing to support.

I'll take a look at Zen, thanks for the recommendation!

[-] 79luca79@lemm.ee 3 points 8 hours ago

im central european. afaik here the boycott and buy european mentality isnt yet in full force. i first said that i will boycott/buy european and from western countries. then i said pls join me in the Olvid messaging app instead of whatsapp. chrome disabled ublock origin a few days ago so i said switch to vivaldi or atleast "easier" brave. i have sent my fsmily a few charts of firms which are from america and another chart of alternatives of apps.

[-] Elfenbeil@feddit.org 1 points 6 hours ago

Also from europe, millennial, the topic isn’t as present at the moment, but:

  • more people switched to Threema/signal
  • deleted Twitter
  • use of google: 1/3 left years ago 2/3 will never leave voluntarily.
  • about meta? Don’t now? Most of my friends and peers stopped long ago (millennials)
  • Tesla, not an urgent topic but this brand is ruined
  • holiday in the USA
  • and there are a lot of ships sailing the sea arrrr
  • alcohol, isn’t a topic, European alternatives were already popular.

Big problem for our country: Energy Medicinal equipment Drugs

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