Hi people!

I’m European (Italian) and, while I try to avoid talking politics on the internet, I feel it’s obvious I don’t appreciate the tariffs. As a woman, I obviously don’t appreciate the intent to reduce women’s freedom either, consider me biased. Let’s not think of it as politics, but purely self-interest.

I greatly (90%+) reduced my use of Amazon, gave up Reddit, Facebook and Instagram, and well known American food brands (usually junk food chains and sugary beverages), reduced my use of Google apps (switched to a physical calendar for example, but it’s hard to degoogle entirely) and working on reducing screen time in general, but let’s be honest, it can be confusing and overwhelming. I’m not nearly enough of a techie to dare to root my Android phone. I wouldn’t buy a Tesla simply because I don’t like them or any car that gives me little to no control as the driver, no need for anything ideological about it.

Of course I don’t think “USA bad but everywhere else is fine”. I want the money I spend to go towards European Countries, and countries that don’t actively, directly or indirectly, harm or bully me or those I hold dear.

My money usually goes towards: 1) DIY and gardening tools 2) food, mostly fresh real food and ready made meals, potentially interested in healthy-ish ultra-long shelf-life stuff 3) sport and science and outdoor equipment (duffle bags, technical clothing, running shoes, amateur citizen science tools for naturalists, camping equipment, fitness and sports things, maps, lots of health supplements, lots of paper books) 4) organizing items to keep a tidy home (including enamel pins that I use as labels and reminders) 5) natural fibers (cotton or wool) clothes (but won’t be needing new ones for a while)

Let’s be honest, I don’t want to pour a lot of effort into this intention of voting with my wallet, I just want to do my part in my small way. So I wondered if there is any advice or resource that puts (mostly) everything together for ease of consultation (and ideally an/another Italian list I can share with my people).

I do check labels when I remember to do it, but maybe you have useful suggestions and recommendations, tips, experiences. I feel that I’m more likely to listen to people who give me advice rather than impersonal alphabetic lists for some reason, it strengthens my commitment.

  • Sunshine@piefed.caMEnglish
    1·
    2 hours ago

    Here is the master list I composed for myself to reference after seeing all the alternatives highlighted by smart people:

    💾Software:

    Google < Ecosia/Qwant/Swisscows

    Google/Apple Maps < Comaps

    Facebook < Friendica

    Reddit < Piefed/Lemmy/Mbin

    TikTok < Loops

    Twitter < Mastodon

    Windows/Macos < Linux

    YouTube < Peertube

    Whatsapp/Discord < Fluffy Chat/Signal/Simplex

    iOS < Ubuntu Touch/Mobian/Sailfish/Postmarket OS/Graphene OS

    AppStore < F-droid/OpenStore

    Gmail/Yahoo/Proton < Mailbox/Posteo/Tuta/Runbox

    Proton VPN < IVPN/Mullvad VPN

    Proton Pass < Strongbox/KeePassXC/Psono

    Notes < Fsnotes/Qownotes

    Firefox < Librewolf/Waterfox/Ladybird/Servo

    Duolingo < Mauril/Mondly/Babbel

    Apple Music < Qobuz/CDs

    Google Docs < Etherpad

    Steam < GOG/Itch.io

    Kindle < Physical Books/Calibre/Bookshop

    Thunderbird < Betterbird

    IMDB/RT < NeoDB/Libremdb

    Goodreads < Bookwyrm/StoryGraph

    Apple Podcast < Anytime Player

    Yuka < OpenFoodFacts

    GitHub < Codeberg/Forgejo

    Tinder < Duolicious

    Feedly < NetNewsWire

    ChatGPT < Mistral

    Google Translate/Apple Translate < Apertium/DeepL

    Audible < Libro fm/Audiobooks

    Quizlet < Anki

    Apple Stocks < Candle

    Linkedin < Xing

    AWS < OVH Cloud/Hetzer/Upcloud

    Airdrop < Localsend

    Starlink < Telesat

    Facetime/Google Meet/Zoom < Jitsi/Whereby/Mumble

    Paypal < Wero

    Chess.com < Lichess

    Spotify/Youtube Music/Soundcloud/Apple Podcast < Funkwhale/Castopod

    Amazon Wishlist < Wishlephant

    Skyscanner/Google Flights/Expedia < Omio

    Slack < Zulip

    Tumblr < Wafrn

    Grammarly < LanguageTool

    SimpleLogin < Mailbox

    Patreon < Libreapay/Ko-fi

    OneVanilla < Revolut

    Crunchyroll < ADN

    AlternativeTo < Switching.software/Libre Projects/OpenAlternative

    FinalCutPro < Kdenlive

    Proprietary Bios < Libreboot

    Office 365 <Libreoffice

    💻Hardware:

    iPhone < Fairphone/Gigaset/HMD/Graphene Pixel

    Nvidia/AMD/Intel/Apple/Qualcomm/Broadcom/NeoMagic/Jingjia Micro/Moore Threads < Matrox/Imagination/SiPearl/Arm/Nordic Semiconductor/Samsung

    Yubikey < Nitrokey

    Oral B < Zerro

    Mac Mini < Rasp Berry Pi

    Macbook < Minifree/Framework/Tuxedo Computers/Slimbooks

    Kindle e-book Reader < Pinenote/Pocketbook

    Airtags < Chipolo

    HDD/SSD < Verbatim/Toshiba/Swissbit/Goodram/Synology

    Cisco Router < Fritzbox/Mikrotik/Lancom/Turris Omnia/ Teltonika/Vantiva

    Memory/Ram < Good Ram/Intenso/Emtec

  • cyan_mess@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    9·
    1 day ago

    There is the goeuropean.org website, but it filters exclusively through country of origin. For example, it’ll recommend Spotify as an alternative to YouTube music because it’s Swedish; despite the fact that it has donated to Trump and made a very lucrative deal with Joe Rogan. I think the best strategy is sorting through European brands first, then check out if any of them supports the far right in an important way, like the aforementioned Spotify.