Is there a master list? Personal tips and tricks?
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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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.
Thank you, useful resource, downloaded the app
(the app gives you 5 free scans per month, then you need a subscription btw, just noticed)
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
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
tbh I think you're already ahead of the curve 👏