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[โ€“] Tweak@feddit.uk 39 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The EU never really had much in terms of American products, ie food stuffs. The kind of American products the EU has is primarily internet services where there aren't always alternatives (or at least ones that are as polished as the big US ones). Then there's the fact that most people don't even consider a lot of things as American - WhatsApp isn't even recognised as owned by Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook/Meta, for example, for many people in spite of it being overwhelmingly the most popular messaging app in many countries.

[โ€“] Lauchmelder@feddit.org 3 points 13 hours ago

Pretty much this. When this hole thing started I swore I'd never buy an American product again, but I quickly realized I didn't buy much of it anyways... The only American food/drink that we have is junk food and soft drinks, i.e. stuff that's easy to avoid or replace

[โ€“] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Yeah im Canadian so we get a lot of their food, I see myself reaching for a snack item or ceral and when I notice itโ€™s American I put it back. After I do I realize I really shouldnโ€™t be eating that crap anyways so it saves me money and keeps me from eating so much junk food

[โ€“] NotJohnSmith@feddit.uk 4 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Would you say you're in the minority or is it evident that most Canadians are boycotting?

Do you feel any slow down of the movement?

[โ€“] rabber@lemmy.ca 6 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

American produce is literally rotting on the shelves even at steep discount

At my local store US strawberries were on sale for $3 cad per pint and they all went to waste

[โ€“] CaptainThor@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

You said pint, youโ€™re not Canadian.

Source, I am Canadian

[โ€“] rabber@lemmy.ca 4 points 13 hours ago

I'm in Victoria so British leaks in sometimes

[โ€“] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 12 hours ago

What's the Canadian unit of measure for strawberries?

Weirdly in Australia strawberries come by the "punnet" which is just the type of container I think.

Most other fruits are sold by the kilo.

Just about everyone i know is anti American right now, even conservative voters. Of course we have maple MAGA running around , but most people are pissed that Trump is treating Canada like an enemy