Boycott US

Maybe if enough people do it, it can make a dent.

Cross-posted from https://lemmy.ca/post/41467887

The alternatives to Intel/AMD/Nvidia, Visa/Mastercard/American Express/Discover and IOS/Android need to be more developed.

cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/24587230

I’ve had people in my family who have fought in every war for the United States, ever. And we live in Canada! It’s disturbing,”

I’m looking to avoid American-made goods and American companies as much as possible and this relatively challenging when it comes to computers.

From my research so far it seems very difficult to find computer hardware that isn’t using American company microprocessors. CPUs available to non-industrial uses tend to be AMD, Intel, or recently some Qualcomm — all US companies. Even Raspberry Pi uses a Broadcom chip, and the other up-and-coming ARM chips I’ve researched seem to be American as well.

I’d appreciate any insights in this area, either companies with existing products or up and coming companies to watch. If I had a blind spot in my research and I’m missing something obvious please tell me.

It feels like an invasion is becoming more likely. We must step up our game immediately.

I am looking for a way to block out all US IPs, ideally via a browser extension like uBlock Origin or a custom DNS server. I want to use this as a simulation to verify that I can still do the most critical activities without immediate US reliance (e.g., doing a bank transaction, contacting my family)

Does such a thing already exist?

This is why I prefer Mastodon as it doesn’t collect anything.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27426660

Interest in LibreOffice, the open-source alternative to Microsoft Office, is on the rise, with weekly downloads of its software package close to 1 million a week. That’s the highest download number since 2023.

“We estimate around 200 million [LibreOffice] users, but it’s important to note that we respect users’ privacy and don’t track them, so we can’t say for sure,” said Mike Saunders, an open-source advocate and a deputy to the board of directors at The Document Foundation.

LibreOffice users typically want a straightforward interface, Saunders said. “They don’t want subscriptions, and they don’t want AI being ‘helpful’ by poking its nose into their work — it reminds them of Clippy from the bad old days,” he said.

There are genuine use cases for generative AI tools, but many users prefer to opt-in to it and choose when and where to enable it. “We have zero plans to put AI into LibreOffice. But we understand the value of some AI tools and are encouraging developers to create … extensions that use AI in a responsible way,” Saunders said.

cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/post/4138309

I am torn on how to handle both Signal and BlueSky. They are definitely outside of the big tech, privacy violating bunch but ultimately still part of the US ecosystem.

Especially the recent event that Elon pressured the Reddit CEO to censor a subreddit keeps me thinking.

• BlueSky does in theory have federation support, but it is still in its infancy. It is also still a company, albeit a public benefits one, and thus has a commercial interest. Most people are leaving X for BlueSky so true momentum is building there rather than in Mastodon.
• Signal is a foundation but servers are fully US based thus still under US jurisdiction (like the CLOUD Act). Signal is the biggest alternative messenger and even there it is hard to build enough momentum to move entire groupchats from Whatsapp to Signal.

How do you view the situation?

Whether it's self-hosted or hosted in a country where rule of law holds doesn't matter to me. But I find the timeline of location history that Google Maps has to be absolutely invaluable.

Is there any way to get that feature with minimal battery usage from a different provider?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27325829

I asked on Mastodon a few minutes ago if Alternativeto.net was going to add any country fields or badges in order to make it easier for users like us to choose and already got this answer! Feel free to go boost favorite/boost their answer here.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27327051

Article (in Norwegian) of the Norwegian Data Protection Authority answering the many questions they are receiving about EU-US Personal Data Transfers

cross-posted from: https://50501.chat/post/52768

Originally Posted By u/thepoliticalrev At 2025-03-22 02:13:21 PM | Source

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Signal, Telegram, and I think even Whatsapp have stickerpacks. Does anybody know a stickerpack for this cause? If not, we could crowdsource a stickerpack :)

Immigration attorneys have begun advising people to ensure their social media profiles are free of criticism of the US administration to increase their chances of entering the country.

"Free speech."

"Most free country in the world."

Do not visit the US. You may be the next to be detained.