Boycott

[chipwich]

Well they aren't putting their boycott (of which I see very little evidence) into public policy.

[Syt]

Never thought that chipwich was a Gaijing de Moscou sockpuppet.

Ah, I remember him assuring us that Russia wouldn't invade Ukraine. He kinda stopped posting when they did. 

[Zoupa]

That dude lived in western europe all his adult life and still gobbled putin's cock every chance he got. That's why we don't need a "brain drain" from russia. They can keep their shit ass citizens.

Chipwhich is different. He's just an edgelord troll.

[Tamas]

Never thought that chipwich was a Gaijing de Moscou sockpuppet.

He is just tribal, must pivot with the rest of the far right.

[chipwich]

I'm sure lying about people and dog piling will defeat Trump and liberate Hungary. Fuck you. You deserve Orban.

[mongers]

I feel he got a bad press, what he did wasn't that terrible and didn't deserve ostracism,

After all he did was give up a small change of victory and choose instead, via careful positioning and play, to build a moderately successful bating score. 

[Jacob]

I think Chippy, that you are focusing too much on Ukraine.

It's not about Ukraine per se, it's about the deliberate destruction of old alliances and the rules based world order by the Americans. Ukraine is just the symptom.

Yeah.

In Canada, where I believe the boycott originates, it has little to nothing to do with Ukraine and everything to do with the policy and rhetoric Trump is directing at us.

Since Trump, the US is turning on and denigrating allies while simultaneously cosying up to common enemies. IMO, the boycotts are about that, not one specific thing like bullying of Ukraine.

[Valmy]

In Canada, where I believe the boycott originates, it has little to nothing to do with Ukraine and everything to do with the policy and rhetoric Trump is directing at us.

Yeah. Trump got Canada to boycott us before he had been in office a week I think. Boycotting us before it was cool.

And the fact I am boycotting anybody here in the US related to the Trump Presidency, it has zero to do with Ukraine. That would be kind of difficult at this point, as I am not even sure which Trump supporting companies or organizations even support his Ukraine policy. That seems polarizing even among them.

[Zoupa]

An guide I found useful for myself:

[Valmy]

Use Linux? Holy shit, that is a whole different level of nerd I have never dared to tread.

I already use ecosia.

Giving up Youtube? That one is almost as hard as giving up Windows.

[Admiral Yi]

Are any of those competitors non US?

[Jacob]

Thanks for sharing, Zoupa.

[Valmy]

I did replace my Google Maps with some competitor called 'Here WeGo' which looks like some kind of offshoot of Nokia. It is basically Google Maps but slightly less good. But I don't know much else about it really. It does its job fine.

[mongers]

I did replace my Google Maps with some competitor called 'Here WeGo' which looks like some kind of offshoot of Nokia. It is basically Google Maps but slightly less good. But I don't know much else about it really. It does its job fine.

And you can probably have an entirely off-line version of that too?

I know I've got it on and older nokia, which functions as a non-internet mapping device.

[Neil]

I'm not adopting Linux.  That's a bridge too far. 

You can't interact with the internet without interacting with the US, but I'm going to continue.  It's an American enterprise.  I'm willing to stretch that forbearance to using an American OS.