I never had a prime account but I stopped purchasing from them a year ago when JB showed up at the Donut's inauguration, I don't miss it one bit.
Buy European
Overview:
The community to discuss buying European goods and services.
Rules:
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Be kind to each other, and argue in good faith. No direct insults nor disrespectful and condescending comments.
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Do not use this community to promote Nationalism/Euronationalism. This community is for discussing European products/services and news related to that. For other topics the following might be of interest:
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Useful Websites
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General BuyEuropean product database: https://buy-european.net/ (relevant post with background info)
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Switching your tech to European TLDR: https://better-tech.eu/tldr/ (relevant post)
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Buy European meta website with useful links: https://gohug.eu/ (relevant post)
Benefits of Buying Local:
local investment, job creation, innovation, increased competition, more redundancy.
European Instances
Lemmy:
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Basque Country: https://lemmy.eus/
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๐ง๐ช Belgium: https://0d.gs/
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๐ง๐ฌ Bulgaria: https://feddit.bg/
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Catalonia: https://lemmy.cat/
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๐จ๐ฟCzech Republic https://lemmings.world/
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๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark, including Greenland (for now): https://feddit.dk/
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๐ช๐บ Europe: https://europe.pub/
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๐ซ๐ฎ Finland: https://sopuli.xyz/ & https://suppo.fi/
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๐ฎ๐น Italy: https://feddit.it/
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๐ฑ๐น Lithuania: https://group.lt/
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๐ฑ๐บ Luxembourg https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/
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๐ต๐ฑ Poland: https://fedit.pl/ & https://szmer.info/
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๐ต๐น Portugal: https://lemmy.pt/
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๐ธ๐ฎ Slovenia: https://gregtech.eu/
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๐ธ๐ช Sweden: https://feddit.nu/
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๐น๐ท Turkey: https://lemmy.com.tr/
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๐ฌ๐ง UK: https://feddit.uk/
Friendica:
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๐ฆ๐น Austria: https://friendica.io/
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๐ฎ๐น Italy: https://poliverso.org/
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๐ฉ๐ช Germany: https://piratenpartei.social/ & https://anonsys.net/
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๐ซ๐ท Significant French speaking userbase: https://social.trom.tf/
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๐ต๐ฑ Poland: soc.citizen4.eu
Matrix:
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๐ฌ๐ง UK: matrix.org & glasgow.social
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๐ซ๐ท France: tendomium & imagisphe.re & hadoly.fr
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๐ฉ๐ช Germany: tchncs.de, catgirl.cloud, pub.solar, yatrix.org, digitalprivacy.diy, oblak.be, nope.chat, hot-chilli.im, synod.im & rollenspiel.chat
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๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands: bark.lgbt
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๐ฆ๐น Austria: gemeinsam.jetzt & private.coffee
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๐ซ๐ฎ Finland: pikaviestin.fi & chat.blahaj.zone
Related Communities:
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Banner credits: BYTEAlliance
I agree with the sentiment, but is there any recent news which would make people do this?
Good work! I cancelled my prime subscription and have not ordered anything from Amazon 2 months ago. When my current sub time ends in October I plan to also delete my account.
I've been making a more conscious effort to avoid buying American ever since Trump got re-elected (both for reducing dependency or American tech firms, as well as not finanicially supporting a country with a fascist government) and Amazon was one of the easiest companies to cut out of my life.
There's still plenty of alternative webstores in the Netherlands at least.
Anyone have experience with Amazon alternatives in the US? I have also canceled Amazon prime
This reminds me. Where do you guys buy stuff like accessories for less known devices, e.g., retro handhelds? I buy everything on my local marketplaces, but these I can only find on Amazon or Temu/AliExpress. Any recommendations?
I don't buy that stuff, and I got rid of my Amazon account a couple years ago, but I still buy stuff there occasionally. sometimes it's just the only place I can find something, and I'm okay with that. as long as I'm minimizing using it.
Same. All expensive purchases are made using European online shops. The only time I use Amazon is for cheap fringe stuff that I can't find anywhere else and where quality doesn't matter.
Dont let perfect be the enemy of good.
ebay existed when amazon was a bookstore, i still use it..
Congratulations, seriously.
I stopped using mine years ago but still got a monthly "bill" of $0.00 for aws services for some reason.
I'm happy to report I've finally fully deleted my account. I feel so light. ๐ฅฐ
You #DIDit ! https://di.day/
Opens link, sees its in German
Mein gott, muss das sein? So ein bockmist aber auch.
(thats the full extent of my German language skills)
Hahaha, that seems extensive enough :P
They are working on translating the page, but I didn't want that to keep me from posting that awesome project :)
Good that you shared, I like knowing that these projects exist :)
I salute you, brave frog/toad! I've been working up the courage for years... Shameful.
And replaced it with what?
A shop 1,6km away from my house
Thatโs a big-ass shop.
When I lived in Japan it was easy to kill my Amazon account because of a little site called Rakuten. Basically, Japanese Amazon.
Now I live in the EU, and Rakuten sellers do not ship outside of Japan. Thereโs suppose to be a global shipment service, but itโs limited, shipping costs are high, and I cannot get them to confirm my address either way. So Iโm having to rely on Amazon again until I can find a like marketplace website that is based in Europe.
Thatโs a big-ass shop.
Well, it doesn't have to be huge, since I don't need the whole of amazons inventory on a weekly basis.
Nothing. If I need something, I get off my couch and go in a store, even better if family owned. This way, I purchase something only if I really need it. I'm saving a lot of money by avoiding compulsive shopping, I help my community, and Bezos can go fuck himself.
local shops, direct sales from the manufacturer, simply other companies that aren't quite as shitty, and then when I absolutely cannot find something elsewhere and absolutely need the item, I go back to amazon.
Hell yeah, brother
Ditched them and my prime account a year ago, welcome to the club!
โThank you for your attention to this matter!โ ๐ค๐ป
Gud!