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  • Remove the “smart TV’s” from the internet all together.

  • I use wireguard and duckdns.org, instead of paying for a static IP (even though I am fairly sure my ISP turned the rotating off as the fibre connects have a static IP but I don’t have fibre yet). In my I past I had a very basic over the web TV package from my ISP but at the beginning of 2925 that was canncelled, talk about easiest cancel plan when they try to down grade me more to keep me in the package I just said no I do not pay for US channels I do not use. I had the TV package just in case something big was happening and I wanted to watch CBC or if there was a CFL game on. I just pay for Gem every month and TSN+ during the CFL season.

    I have been telling myself I just need that one last part for my home theatre pi and then it will be ready for a while, but something is always preventing me from getting it or something did not work. I just need to get an NVMe drive now and then I will be ready for it, I think. I have a system set up with pi’s 2 pi 5’s each operate pihole among other things, but one of them also hosts my *arr apps and Jellyfin server. I have a pi 0 2 hosting wireguard so that I can watch my movies and shows away from my LAN. Trump’s 51st state thing broke me and I started sailing the high C’s again, no looking back but if you do not want to be like me set up pihole so when you go to a channels web app on a “smart TV” or a box you do not get bogged down with the same four ads.

    But do support Canadian and pay for and watch CBC gem content. Not saying go crazy and watch the news all the time but they do have some great shows.

  • Maybe they can get the okie dokie from Health Canada.

  • This appears to me to be like etransfer. I would love to see Canada do something similar to this but with etransfer.

    Edit: so I have decided to start pushing companies to start excepting etransfers, I started with Skip I live in Saskatchewan so that is the only real big Canadian delivery system I could think of. Here is my email if anyone else wants to do it. I sent it to two email addresses that may work with skip as well as CBC market place. If people like my idea can we work together to push companies to do it?

    marketplace@cbc.ca legal@skipthedishes.com support@skipthedishes.com

    Dear SkipTheDishes Team,

    I am writing to urge SkipTheDishes to offer payment options that do not rely on U.S.-based credit card networks such as Visa and Mastercard, for example Interac e-Transfer as a practical alternative to cash.

    An increasing number of Canadians are actively boycotting U.S. financial infrastructure, including Visa and Mastercard, due to concerns about data sovereignty, privacy, and the ongoing commercialization of consumer transaction data. These networks do far more than process payments; they extract, analyze, and resell transaction level data, often to advertisers and third parties, at the expense of both consumers and merchants.

    While cash is sometimes suggested as an alternative, it is not a realistic or accessible solution for many people. Many Canadians do not regularly carry cash, and accessing it can be inconvenient or costly. In a digital-first service like food delivery, telling customers to “just use cash” effectively excludes those who are intentionally avoiding U.S. credit card networks while still needing a functional, modern payment method.

    This issue is gaining international attention. In Europe, banks, governments, and businesses are actively working to reduce dependence on Visa and Mastercard, with initiatives such as the Wero digital wallet and broader efforts to reclaim payment sovereignty. These moves reflect a growing recognition that payment systems are not neutral infrastructure, but powerful data and economic control points.

    As a Canadian company, SkipTheDishes has an opportunity to align with this shift by supporting Canadian, debit-based payment options like Interac e-Transfer. Doing so would respect consumer choice, reduce reliance on U.S. controlled intermediaries, and demonstrate leadership on privacy, data protection, and economic independence.

    Providing a non–credit card payment option would make SkipTheDishes more accessible to customers participating in this boycott while reinforcing trust that customer data is not being unnecessarily monetized.

    Thank you for your consideration. I hope SkipTheDishes will take this concern seriously and explore more privacy-respecting, Canada-centric payment options.

    Sincerely, Reann Legge

  • How to say Oh, Canada EH!

  • He is trying to grasp for air as the bodies are piling up around him, and the children’s bodies are coming out of the hiding spaces.

  • I saw a Guard the Leaf video about the Bad Bunny half time show today, where the guy talked about using Americans as someone who lives in the US is wrong there are two contents that make up North and South America. I will never call myself an American but I am from North America.

  • I am not paying for that Transphobic Right wing BS so I am not making that stuff.

  • I only know things from the Canadian side but I know passports can be given to you rather fast.

  • Go to the consulate tell them your passport is lost in the mail, it is their job to get you a new one.

  • I should also add that I use ad blocking technology (pihole, for most ads. Unwatched for my phone and eventually some Firefox plugin when I get a Linux setup attached to my TV, for youtube.) the ad blocking via pihole started many years ago, but I was just paying the Google for YouTube premium before the boycott started. I moved my blog from some US Wordpress host to a Canadian host and changed from a .com to a .ca address. I already had great email hygiene so I would get next to no spam, thanks to Apple’s hide my email setup, but that needed to change so I got an unlimitted email package with my blog. Now if I get spam I figure out what address is sending it and close the address easy peasy. I am worthless to the ad market, and it is priceless for my sanity.

  • Today I sent emails off to my privacy agencies around my Province, and my MLA’s (Member of the Legislature Assembly) to get elected officials off of US social networks. Suggesting they move to things like Mastodon and PeerTube.

  • Welcome and thank you for coming from Reddit, I have not deleted my posts but I have been considering doing a copy and paste for them all saying something like I have moved to Lemmy.

  • I called up my TV provider in early 2025, when they did their whole let’s make a deal thing I just said that “I am not going to pay for US channels!” That was the fastest chicken challenge I had ever pulled with them to get out of paying more for TV. All I used it for was having the ability to occasionally watch news, if something major was happening and to watch the CFL, or maybe to sign in to a channel’s app to catch up on previous episodes of new TV shows. I now pay for CBC Gem and TSN during the CFL season, I would more than willing to pay for Global TV and CTV if they made more Canadian content rather than just airing US shows. The fact that Corus cannot do that is their problem.

  • Hopefully we see more officials on Mastadon not just Bluesky

  • Remember Canada doesn’t lose wars, we invent new war crimes!

  • Take the Book of Faces out of the series of tubes in Canada.

  • Yes turn the book of faces in Canada

  • Wish all government agencies in Canada would.

  • Canada @lemmy.ca

    Alberta premier ‘cannot double-talk’ about Ottawa depending on her interests: Chrétien

    www.cbc.ca /news/politics/danielle-smith-jean-chretien-separatism-pipeline-9.6962003
  • Canada @lemmy.ca

    Trump says Carney apologized for Ford's anti-tariff ad

    www.cbc.ca /news/politics/trump-carney-apology-reagan-ad-9.6962225
  • Canada @lemmy.ca

    Trump says he's raising 'tariff on Canada' by 10% 'over and above what they are paying now'

    www.cbc.ca /news/politics/trump-says-he-s-raising-tariff-on-canada-by-10-over-and-above-what-they-are-paying-now-9.6953786
  • Canada @lemmy.ca

    Trump says he's terminating trade negotiations with Canada over Ontario anti-tariff ad

    www.cbc.ca /news/world/trump-trade-negotiations-tariffs-ontario-ad-9.6951469
  • Boycott US @lemmy.ca

    Alberta beef entering Mexico’s Costco market where U.S. cuts once reigned

    www.cbc.ca /news/world/costco-mexico-alberta-beef-9.6939609
  • Canada @lemmy.ca

    5 premiers urge Carney to withdraw court submission on notwithstanding clause

    www.cbc.ca /news/politics/premiers-carney-withdraw-court-submission-notwithstanding-1.7653648
  • Canada @lemmy.ca

    Alberta baby born prematurely dies due to measles, in province's first death

    www.cbc.ca /news/canada/calgary/alberta-baby-born-prematurely-dies-due-to-measles-in-province-s-first-death-1.7649692
  • Canada @lemmy.ca

    Canada issues warning for citizens with gender-neutral passports travelling to U.S.

    www.cbc.ca /news/politics/canada-united-states-travel-warning-1.7648381
  • Canada @lemmy.ca

    Carney government quietly dropped more U.S. counter-tariffs than advertised

    www.cbc.ca /news/politics/non-sectoral-tariffs-dropped-1.7643253
  • Canada @lemmy.ca

    Alberta considers new law allowing it to ignore international agreements signed by Canada

    www.cbc.ca /news/canada/edmonton/alberta-considers-new-law-allowing-it-to-ignore-international-agreements-signed-by-canada-1.7645140
  • Boycott US @lemmy.ca

    starbucks closing stores laying off workers

    www.cbc.ca /news/business/starbucks-closing-stores-laying-off-workers-1.7643306
  • Buy Canadian @lemmy.ca

    Thought about TV shows

  • Canada @lemmy.ca

    Alberta to become 1st province with mandatory 'citizenship markers' on driver's licences

    www.cbc.ca /news/canada/calgary/alberta-drivers-licence-identification-card-citizenship-1.7634163
  • Canada @lemmy.ca

    Poilievre says he worries for his family as political violence concerns grow in Canada, U.S.

    www.cbc.ca /news/politics/pierre-poilievre-political-violence-charlie-kirk-1.7632801
  • Boycott US @lemmy.ca

    FBI releases photo of person of interest in Charlie Kirk shooting death

    www.cbc.ca /news/world/us-kirk-shooting-investigation-1.7630932
  • Boycott US @lemmy.ca

    I wrote letters to Carney, PP, and Rediccop about the g20

  • Boycott US @lemmy.ca

    WestJet buys 67 Boeing planes in largest purchase to date as it charts growth plan

    www.theglobeandmail.com /business/article-westjet-order-boeing-planes-737-max/
  • Boycott US @lemmy.ca

    Here are the facts on the U.S. military operation against Venezuela

    www.cbc.ca /news/world/venezuela-us-attack-military-drug-cartels-1.7624235
  • Canada @lemmy.ca

    Meta is silencing Canadians, let’s fix this... ...hows about no we just don't use it.

    www.change.org /p/meta-wrongfully-disabling-accounts-with-no-human-customer-support
  • Canada @lemmy.ca

    CBC projects Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will win the federal byelection

    www.cbc.ca /news/canada/edmonton/battle-river-crowfoot-byelection-1.7606852