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[โ€“] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 78 points 1 month ago (17 children)

Iโ€™m surprised Europe isnโ€™t already boycotting all American products, im Canadian and Iโ€™ve actually saved money avoiding their stuff and finding either a local alternative or just going without. Most of the stuff we get from the US is junk food or sugary crap so itโ€™s actually good to avoid them

[โ€“] Tweak@feddit.uk 42 points 1 month ago (10 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 5 points 1 month 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

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