Buy European

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/339979

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/28910932

The research group SECUSO (@SECUSO_Research) at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 🇩🇪 (@KIT_Karlsruhe) has an account in the Play Store and F-Droid where you can download lots of privacy-friendly apps

Cross posted from: https://feddit.org/post/11174845

Hey! I have been searching for platforms to collect money for a non-profit sustainability organization at my uni (in Sweden). If I search for options, I get lists of for-profit American companies.

I noticed lemm.ee uses ko-fi.com. It is British and my go-to option now. My pet peeve with it is that you need to use PayPal or Stripe to get money. I have no experience in (obtaining money through) crowdfunding, so idk how normal that is.

Do you know any other alternatives?

PS: We really need the crowdfunding goal (or just a count) feature for transparency.

https://old.reddit.com/r/BuyFromEU/comments/1k3oc76/introducing_stocknear_your_opensource_eubuilt/

Page 30: https://www.euro-stack.info/docs/EuroStack_2025.pdf

Hey!

I want to encourage economic activity within Europe and also ethically align with recycled materials etc.

I'm trying to buy myself a hydration pack for running long distance with, and it's hard to convince myself of anything better than osprey:

• I'm familiar with the company and they have high standards
• they have a great guarantee to repair products
• they use recycled materials
• the product "Duro 6" fits every requirement that I have

Before I go ahead and buy that, can anyone suggest an equal or better product produced in Europe?

A popular ice-cream shop in Denmark is now looking for a new name for their "American" ice-cream, because it is not as popular as it use to be.

They are also considering selling ice-creams with "no balls", and call it Trump 🍦

Most "Buy European" initiatives that I've seen are quite uncoordinated and disorganised. It's very grassroots. That's not bad, but maybe we could do better.

What do I mean by better? Well, imagine if there were ads in public transport, flyers in your mailbox, stickers, t-shirts and other merch, awareness campaigns on social media, a common database for European alternatives, outreach to businesses, partners, and even political affiliations.

I made a sticker, but I'm not a graphic designer. I asked about translations, but we don't have a place to really store that information. We don't have some kind of platform where we can organise stuff without the algorithm just hiding it after a day.

When a US company starts selling stuff in Europe, many people will know about it because of these things. It'll generate chatter and translate into action or purchases. This doesn't just count for products, but political campaigns, and so on. There's a directed, concerted effort, which we lack and probably waiting on some company or politician to get their lips off of a big tech donor's buttcheek will take a while.

Most people I know are barely aware of the Buy European movement. It's either not translated or it's in media they don't follow, but getting a flyer in your mail, seeing an ad on TV or while standing at a bus station, hearing a politician or influencer talk about it, will make people more aware.

Is this something we want? If so, how can we do it? Do we start an NGO? Reach out to a political party like Volt Europa (Although they don't seem to be on the fediverse)

cross-posted from: https://jlai.lu/post/18244879

The full list:

https://code.gouv.fr/sill/list

I recently discovered Mubi 🇬🇧.

Based in London and founded by Efe Çakarel. Born in Izmir and educated at MIT, he was worried that american streamers were flooding the world with mass Hollywood crap while quality cinema struggled.

Mubi supports and distributes movies from around the world.

On their catalogue, you find some the best award winners from the Cannes Festival, the European Film Festival, the Jerusalem Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival.

https://mubi.com/en/films?sort=popularity_quality_score

Netflix is like going to Pizza Hut.

Mubi is like eating at a Pizzeria owned by a Sicilian family.

These are what LLMs spit out .

1. Bulgarian: Купете европейски (Kupte evropeyski)
2. Croatian: Kupite europsko (Kupite europsko)
3. Czech: Koupit evropsky (Koupit evropsky)
4. Danish: Køb europæisk (Køb europæisk)
5. Dutch: Koop europees (Koop europees)
6. English: Buy European
7. Estonian: Osta euroopa (Osta euroopa)
8. Finnish: Osta Eurooppalainen (Osta Eurooppalainen)
9. French: Achetez européen (Achetez européen)
10. German: Kauft europäisch (Kauft europäisch)
11. Greek: Λάβετε ευρωπαϊκό (Lávete evropeíko)
12. Hungarian: Vásárolj európai (Vásárolj európai)
13. Irish: Ceannigh Eorpach (Ceannigh Eorpach)
14. Italian: Acquistare europeo (Acquistare europeo)
15. Latvian: Iegādāties eiropeisks (Iegādāties eiropeisks)
16. Lithuanian: Kupite europietišką (Kupite europietišką)
17. Maltese: Ħallas Ewropew (Ħallas Ewropew)
18. Polish: Nabyj europejski (Nabyj europejski)
19. Portuguese: Compre europeu (Compre europeu)
20. Romanian: Cumpărați european (Cumpărați european)
21. Slovak: Kúpite evropsky (Kúpite evropsky)
22. Slovenian: Počasi evropajški (Počasi evropajški)
23. Spanish: Compre europeo (Compre europeo)
24. Swedish: Köp europeisk (Köp europeisk)

I have it on good authority that these translations are better/OK for some languages:

1. Dutch: Koop europees
2. French: Achetez européen
3. German: Kauft europäisch
4. Greek: Αγοράζετε Ευρωπαϊκά
5. Lithuanian: Pirkite europietišką

I don't know about the others. Please help my fellow Europeans :)

@BuyEU @buyeuropean @ueeu

The hobby, Crafts, DIY, Interior and Organizing Industry:
The blogging, influencer and Craft community and Industry is a big part of Amazon support and earnings. This is what I wrote as I unfollowed one of so far 5 of the mailing lists I am on.

"So sorry to leave your blog and mail list, but as a European who try my best to boycott Companies, and Products from the US that support the leadership now seeing you partner with Amazon, and then Jeff Bezos and more, I can no longer follow you.
Caroline"

In the bottom of many blogs you find this:
"As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases."
#boycottUS #boycottamazon #crafts

Let’s back our own EU Tech industry. At & The Big Fish, we’re exploring a move to European IT solutions, like; • TUXEDO OS (instead of Windows) • ONLYOFFICE (instead of Microsoft Office) • Nextcloud Hub, EU-hosted (instead of Google Drive) Admittedly a bit opportunistic and I know large organizations can’t pivot like this easily. But SMEs and startups can! Using this stack or joining this movement? Drop your thoughts or tips below! #europeantech #cloud #digitalsovereignty #executivesearch #gdpr #buylocal Marloes Pomp Techleap TUXEDO Computers GmbH ONLYOFFICE Nextcloud www.andthebigfish.com

They even want to buy computers from @tuxedocomputers and use @nextcloud

Dear Fellow Europeans

Any recommendations on where to buy a small number “Buy European” stickers in various sizes and materials that I can stick to my laptop/phone?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CVkSvwQ02o

• https://old.reddit.com/r/BuyFromEU/comments/1j0xkqa/lemmy_as_an_alternative_to_reddit_using/
• Lemmy version: https://lemm.ee/post/61786987