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Is there a master list? Personal tips and tricks? (europe.pub)
submitted 2 weeks ago by rarelyhere@europe.pub to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk
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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.

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[โ€“] cyan_mess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] rarelyhere@europe.pub 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Thank you, useful resource, downloaded the app

[โ€“] rarelyhere@europe.pub 1 points 6 days ago

(the app gives you 5 free scans per month, then you need a subscription btw, just noticed)

[โ€“] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 7 points 2 weeks ago

tbh I think you're already ahead of the curve ๐Ÿ‘

[โ€“] Sunshine@piefed.ca 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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

๐Ÿ’พSoftware:

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

๐Ÿ’ปHardware:

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

[โ€“] rarelyhere@europe.pub 2 points 6 days ago

thank you, a little too tech oriented for me (I was mainly looking for advice on the things I listed as my usual purchases) but I'm sure it's helpful for many others