I boycotted almost everything corporate for years and got to where I physically couldn't boycott any harder, then when that became not enough to satisfy me I moved out of the country entirely. American owners and government have lost at least six figures of my money due to ghoulish behavior, and I'm just one person. 10,000 of me (only 0.002% of the population) lost this way in the last few years is already a billion dollars lost. It certainly must be adding up even if most people are too blind to see their own power
this post was submitted on 25 Mar 2026
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Its stopped being a boycot for me, and a style of life. I still buy far fewer American products than i used to, and always check where its made.
Yes - quite successfully, the only thing I haven’t switched over yet is my Office365 to OpenOffice but thanks to some account sharing we’re down to 1/3 of a family subscription.
Okay so this is something I've been thinking about for a while and I found this community. The names you find for DRM-free digital PC games are GOG, itch.io and Zoom-Platform - only the first is Polish, the other two are American. There are smaller stores like the Swedish Fireflower Games, but the three up top are the big names.
I already don't spend money on the various DRM launchers, of which the majority are American. Don't get the point of buying a game if I need to use some online launcher connecting to a third party service to even be able to run it (unsurprisingly an idea grown in the US), I like owning my stuff, thanks.
But should I keep not actively spending money on itch and Zoom-Platform as long as the US is not even trying to get rid of its fascism? Not that I'm a big spender in any case, but it's still worth thinking about.
You should do what you're comfortable doing. Everybody has their own line for what is and isn't acceptable.
I'm hard core. I use no product or service that I pay for that comes from an American company or producer of any size. (I'll let you read between the lines on that.) I don't have a Google account, nor a Xhitter one, nor any Meta products, etc. But I also don't buy artisanal (is it really?) goods from small producers in the USA either. There's artisanal stuff available all over the world; one country is easy to avoid.
Right now literally the last American product I use is Android, and that will be corrected when I get my next phone. Since it's a Chinese phone (in China) there's nothing that will profit Google anyway, so it doesn't matter to me. The damage, in the form of Google getting money from me, has already been done. But my next phone will not have an American system on it.
That being said, I know that's not realistic for everybody and honestly, even 10% boycott is better than 0%. The disease of expecting everything to be all or nothing is part of what got the USA into the mess where everybody wants to boycott it, so ... that purity angle is ridiculous coming the other direction. Boycott what fits into your life and what you're comfortable with. No more, no less. If you think paying small producers is OK but not the megacorps and such? Fine. If you think you can't really stop using Windows or Android or iOS or whatever for reasons, that's also fine. It's your line, you draw it.
And every little bit of American stuff you cut out of your life: I think you deeply for your efforts.
My thinking about it is if I pay even a dollar to say itch.io, I know they mean well and I know they won't directly support US fascism, but they still pay taxes which would inevitably go to all the actively harmful faces making our lives worse. I wanted to know whether or I'm being overkill for that, but in all honesty there doesn't seem to be anything overkill about this, it's just the appropriate response.
I use a Xiaomi phone as well with Android, but with Google already planning to screw us over in the most """advanced flow""" possible, I'm only hoping Linux phones catch up and maybe it would be the next one. I did try to also migrate out of Google Docs but it seems my only decent European alternative is Proton which is not easily accessible in my country, what's with them offering a VPN service and all that.
Likewise, I appreciate every little bit of effort you make in boycotting the USA, and even 5% is better than 0%. Thank you.
I went to Vegas recently. And I plan on visiting Hawaii. But other then that I buy canadian when possible and if something big I need too purchase comes from the states I try to find one made in canada instead, or literally anywhere else.
You'll spend more money on US goods by each of those vacations than any purchase over a whole year.
I mean you do you, please just don't give yourself an illusion. This is not "boycotting 80%" - if your vacation spending is anywhere close to the median it's more than you'll buy in goods throughout the rest of the year combined.
This right here. "I'm boycotting US goods except for the HUGE amounts of money I spend on vacations in the USA" is not the flex people seem to think it is.
Why Hawaii? There's a myriad of non-US tropical islands to visit that aren't filled to the brim with crass assholes. Hell, Hawaii was a grossly capitalistic Hellhole back when I went there as a child in the '80s. What's next? "I'm boycotting the USA except for my annual trip to Disneyland"?
Cool story bro