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Certainly a tough question. Use Lemmy, okay, but would you send financial contributions to said Tankie? I wouldn't, and I would judge someone that did. I don't think anyone can be expected to evaluate the moral virtues of the developer for every technology they use. That's a supply chain nightmare. But, given the small number of people we directly sponsor, maybe then it's appropriate to have some standards?
As a non-US citizen, I actually consider /any/ American company that has not moved to be complicit in fascism. At the same time, I havn't completely stopped patronizing American companies, so I'm not living up to my own standard. I suspect everyone is a little hypocritical.
It's literally impossible to use the internet (or even computers?) without patronizing American companies, at least indirectly.
It's certainly not feasible for every company to leave America, but I wouldn't argue with a boycott of American goods and services on general - and I'm saying this as an American citizen who's not exactly thrilled about this mess, either.
This is an absolutely insane position to take.
There, FTFY.