Is there an Australian equivalent for boycotting american products ?

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨x4740N@lemm.ee⁩ to ⁨australia@aussie.zone⁩

I’ve seen guides for Canada and the EU to boycot american stuff but do we have any of that here in Aus

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shirro@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
A lot of money goes to the US in IP licensing and services. We could make a big difference there.

My software has been free free and open source for years though I still pay money to Gaben.

If creatives can’t use FOSS for some reason there are some alternatives to Adobe. Davinci Resolve is supposed to be excellent and is from Blackmagic who are Aussie(Melbourne) and have a lot of other cool high end gear. The Affinity Suite was from the UK but got bought by Canva who are Aussie founded(Perth) but not sure I would trust them and they look to have a lot of US VC. Also in the creative area Røde Microphones are Aussie(Sydney) vs Shure from US.

I stopped all payments on Paypal and closed it but I had been meaning to do that for ages for other reasons. Amazon Prime went - they are a shit greedy anti-union, anti-Australian company anyway. No loss. Most streaming went over the last few years due to the great enshitification.

I am sure a lot of supermarket products are US owned but thankfully fuck all is made there.

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- Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  So you’re saying sail?
  
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- Gnugit@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Have you found a PayPal alternative?
  
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  - shirro@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Not really. I was only using it as a visa alternative for some online payments so it was redundant. PayPal runs scams like Honey and was founded by Nazis so they had to go. Unfortunately visa is also US controlled but it seems the lesser evil until I find something better.
    
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  - Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    What’s your use case? I haven’t used it to give/receive money ever since payid became a thing, instant and secure.
    
    For more secure payments than giving out your card details you have options like Revolut that can create temporary digital cards, and bank of Melbourne has a digital card with a cvv that changes automatically every 24 hours, but still let’s you set up subscriptions/recurring payments that don’t break like Revoluts temp card would.
    
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  - gwildors_gill_slits@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Wise might work for you. They’re a UK company I believe. Not totally sure if they’re 1:1 on features with PayPal as I hardly ever use PP but they probably can do pretty much the same things. In my experience the service is very good and also very cost effective, at least when it comes to transferring money overseas.
    
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Nath@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Sure. I promise not to buy anything from the USA today. 😆

Looking around me, about the only things in my vicinity that came from the USA are my phone and iPad. And they were both purchased 2+ years ago. I don’t think there is that much in my bubble that comes from the USA. Maybe some oranges or avocados at the shops sometimes? Whatever is on offer from the USA is going to be such a teeny portion of their export market that they aren’t going to notice any action we might take.

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- Salvo@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  They were manufactured in China.
  
  The best things to boycott are Services. If everyone cancels their Netflix, Amazon Prime, AppleTV/Music and YouTube Premium for an extended period it would definitely send a message.
  
  I’m currently looking at an alternative to iCloud Drive for my family’s backups. The Apple One Family subscription is still the most cost-effective solution for backing up everyone’s Phones and iPads, but a Roll-Your-Own solution is on my project sheet, especially after what happens in the UK!
  
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  - Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    I got a message on my netflix account saying from April it will have ads. Spoke to the wife and from April we won’t have netflix.
    
    Prime gone, Disney gone, netlfix about to be gone then we see what Stan does.
    
    After stan is gone I guess I gotta relearn sailing to pass my time
    
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  - skribe@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Nextcloud? I was looking for a friend and there was a German company that was offering 1TB for €5. The friend wanted something in Germany, but I suspect you can find similar deals elsewhere.
    
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  - DiaDeLosMuertos@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Yo, what happens in the UK ?
    
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- null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  
  going to be such a teeny portion of their export market that they aren’t going to notice
  
  That’s not how boycotts work though. Any single person could say that wherever you are.
  
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- DiaDeLosMuertos@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Well people could stop buying those big Rams and all that. Having said that, I got talking to a Kiwi bloke that comes into work as a contractor. His has a 6.4 litre diesel engine and it gets better fuel economy than my Subaru Outback. Like WTF !?
  
  He also told me all the comparisons with his LandCruiser, and the Ram wins absolutely.
  
  Also, it’s not America in general, it’s that fuckung orange piece of shit and his cyber robot that were really against. What a bad shit show. Lots of people siding with Russia all of a sudden. Talk about blind sheep, sheeeesh.
  
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  - null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Fuel economy isn’t really about engine size.
    
    I recently sold a 2002 Subaru liberty that consumed about 13L/100km. Our 2018 Subaru Forrester consumes about 6L/100km. They’re the same engine size.
    
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squigum@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
www.ethical.org.au has info on company ownership.

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zero_gravitas@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Barcode numbers can sort of give an indication.

The first three digits are determined by the country the barcode was assigned in. The barcode can’t tell you the country of origin of the product, but it’s fairly likely the company that made the product is headquartered in the country indicated by the code (or at least has some administrative presence there).

Here’s a list of country codes for reference: www.barcodestalk.com/…/barcode-country-codes

Here’s a Snopes article about what the country codes can’t tell you: www.snopes.com/fact-check/bar-code-origin-point/

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blind3rdeye@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
For computer services, I generally just look at the EU guides - because the EU is pretty good, and my main goal is to avoid mega-corps (not necessarily buy local stuff).

But for physical goods I do make some effort to buy locally made stuff. And fortunately we have good enough labeling laws that it is easy enough to tell what is Australian made and what isn’t. (Not so easy to tell which companies are ‘independent’ though.)

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Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Theres a list of Aussie made goods here Australian Made

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- Deceptichum@quokk.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Is Australian made actually Australian made or is another scam like nearly every other sticker on a product?
  
  Because some shit designed in Aus, built in China, and packed in Aus is not what I would consider Australian Made.
  
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  - null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    The details are here:
    
    australianmade.com.au/…/about-the-logo/
    
    Basically, if it has the Australian Made Australian Grown logo it’s predominantly grown, made, and packaged in Australia.
    
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JackFrostNCola@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Could be a good time to change from bourbon whiskey to scotch whisky?
Im aware they are similar in name only but another advantage is scotch is delicious without mixers, so your also not buying coke/pepsi/other as mixer, more bang for your buck.

I reccomend mokey shoulder or a ‘sherry cask’ blend for an easy going entry into scotch whisky if your new to it. Also avoid anything ‘peated’ at first, unless your a smoker.

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pHr34kY@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Most American stuff isn’t metric and runs on the wrong voltage. We barely import it. Even my baseball gear is mostly Japanese or Canadian.

Just cancel your Amazon/Disney+/XBox/Netflix/Google/Apple subscriptions. I’m sure most of that goes to the US. I don’t trust they’re not letting Russia spy on us at this point anyway.

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