Boycott US

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27426660

Interest in LibreOffice, the open-source alternative to Microsoft Office, is on the rise, with weekly downloads of its software package close to 1 million a week. That’s the highest download number since 2023.

“We estimate around 200 million [LibreOffice] users, but it’s important to note that we respect users’ privacy and don’t track them, so we can’t say for sure,” said Mike Saunders, an open-source advocate and a deputy to the board of directors at The Document Foundation.

LibreOffice users typically want a straightforward interface, Saunders said. “They don’t want subscriptions, and they don’t want AI being ‘helpful’ by poking its nose into their work — it reminds them of Clippy from the bad old days,” he said.

There are genuine use cases for generative AI tools, but many users prefer to opt-in to it and choose when and where to enable it. “We have zero plans to put AI into LibreOffice. But we understand the value of some AI tools and are encouraging developers to create … extensions that use AI in a responsible way,” Saunders said.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27325829

I asked on Mastodon a few minutes ago if Alternativeto.net was going to add any country fields or badges in order to make it easier for users like us to choose and already got this answer! Feel free to go boost favorite/boost their answer here.

cross-posted from: https://50501.chat/post/52768

Originally Posted By u/thepoliticalrev At 2025-03-22 02:13:21 PM | Source

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Immigration attorneys have begun advising people to ensure their social media profiles are free of criticism of the US administration to increase their chances of entering the country.

"Free speech."

"Most free country in the world."

Do not visit the US. You may be the next to be detained.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27327051

Article (in Norwegian) of the Norwegian Data Protection Authority answering the many questions they are receiving about EU-US Personal Data Transfers

Signal, Telegram, and I think even Whatsapp have stickerpacks. Does anybody know a stickerpack for this cause? If not, we could crowdsource a stickerpack :)

Over the past three or four weeks I've dumped subscriptions, degoogled as much as I think I'm going to be able to, bought Canadian where able and Anywhere But America everywhere else.

But I feel like there's more I could be doing to stick it to the yanks. Does anyone have any suggestions for some daily activities to do to keep my spite burning?

Becky Burke's parents say her legs, waist and hands were secured by US immigration officers.

Hi,

I was wondering about the services I can’t boycott. Youtube being one.

If youtubes value is my usage data, can I obfuscate their data by liking things I don’t really care about, changing my info, and get irrelevant ads, thus making the advertising product less effective and valuable?

And create some doubt about value in the mind of advertisers in the proces?

I’m not dumb enough to think it matters if only I do it. But if it was a movement?

In Canada at least, Melitta coffee filters are manufactured in the US.

Technivorm are made in The Netherlands.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/40624550

Fair Vote Canada on Bluesky

Canada in the EU?

That would mean mandatory proportional representation for European Parliament elections.

If we're moving towards Europe, why keep our U.S.-style First-Past-the-Post system?

Let's fix our democracy.

#cdnpoli

While its logo (along with a former advertisement mascot) is a kangaroo, and slogan is "Add some Roo to Your Do!", along with earlier advertisements having the voiceover of an Australian woman, the brand is not Australian owned, made, nor conducts research & development in Australia. The products are manufactured in Europe and the United States by Procter & Gamble, an American company. The brand and initial product was created by American businessperson Thomas Redmond in the late 1970s

This documentary will show you what the US billionaires say about you and I. It will also show you what happens when you're a part of that system, and speak up about it.

If this isn't a good community for this, please tell me where to post it.

https://www.savespendsplurge.com/5-must-watch-documentaries-about-the-rich-wealthy-one-percent/

This link contains the previous documentary and 4 more that help to illuminate just how much the billionaires believe that we aren't actually people.