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Is there an Australian equivalent for boycotting american products ?

I've seen guides for Canada and the EU to boycot american stuff but do we have any of that here in Aus

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Sure. I promise not to buy anything from the USA today. 😆
Looking around me, about the only things in my vicinity that came from the USA are my phone and iPad. And they were both purchased 2+ years ago. I don't think there is that much in my bubble that comes from the USA. Maybe some oranges or avocados at the shops sometimes? Whatever is on offer from the USA is going to be such a teeny portion of their export market that they aren't going to notice any action we might take.
- They were manufactured in China.
  The best things to boycott are Services. If everyone cancels their Netflix, Amazon Prime, AppleTV/Music and YouTube Premium for an extended period it would definitely send a message.
  I’m currently looking at an alternative to iCloud Drive for my family’s backups. The Apple One Family subscription is still the most cost-effective solution for backing up everyone’s Phones and iPads, but a Roll-Your-Own solution is on my project sheet, especially after what happens in the UK!
  
  I got a message on my netflix account saying from April it will have ads. Spoke to the wife and from April we won't have netflix.
  Prime gone, Disney gone, netlfix about to be gone then we see what Stan does.
  After stan is gone I guess I gotta relearn sailing to pass my time
  
  There arr some great sailing guides on !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
  
  I’ve just cancelled Disney+ this morning after finding out about their most recent price increase. I’ve still got nearly a year left before it runs out, but I’m not spending $200+ a year for a product that started <$100 a few years ago.
  
  Yeah, that's what had my wife cancel fuck em
  
  Nextcloud? I was looking for a friend and there was a German company that was offering 1TB for €5. The friend wanted something in Germany, but I suspect you can find similar deals elsewhere.
  
  NextCloud looks like the go.
  It appears that running it on my Synology is a bit of a hack so I just need to decide whether to go for a dedicated mini NAS or to find a host.
  
  Synology has its own NextCloud-like service you can self-host at pretty much the push of a button. Go into the Synology package manager and install Synology Drive, I believe.
  
  Yo, what happens in the UK ?
  
  The probably meant to say "happened". A few weeks ago it leaked that Apple in the UK had been pressured to provide a backdoor to allow authorities to access users who had set their iCloud data to be "ADP"—which basically makes all your iCloud data & backups fully encrypted so not even Apple can access it.
  But worse: the UK authorities asked Apple to ensure that the backdoor would let them get into all users' data. Worldwide. It's suspected other companies also received this request, and that only Apple leaked to the public.
  Apple refused to do this, and instead disabled ADP in the UK. Which means that for UK users it's much like Apple actually did cave and put in the backdoor...only it's less like a backdoor and more like they took away the walls of the entire building. But at least it means users elsewhere in the world are safe, for now.
  
  Thanks for the explanation Zag. Much appreciated.
  
  UK government wants backdoor into Apple's ADP end to end encrypted storage.
- going to be such a teeny portion of their export market that they aren't going to notice
  That's not how boycotts work though. Any single person could say that wherever you are.
- Well people could stop buying those big Rams and all that. Having said that, I got talking to a Kiwi bloke that comes into work as a contractor. His has a 6.4 litre diesel engine and it gets better fuel economy than my Subaru Outback. Like WTF !?
  He also told me all the comparisons with his LandCruiser, and the Ram wins absolutely.
  Also, it's not America in general, it's that fuckung orange piece of shit and his cyber robot that were really against. What a bad shit show. Lots of people siding with Russia all of a sudden. Talk about blind sheep, sheeeesh.
  
  Fuel economy isn't really about engine size.
  I recently sold a 2002 Subaru liberty that consumed about 13L/100km. Our 2018 Subaru Forrester consumes about 6L/100km. They're the same engine size.
  
  Well yes ok. But in this case I'm talking about a huge monster that is twice as big. And has an engine that is more than twice as big. Not actually the same comparison as the one you made. However I'm fully aware of changes in fuel economy in recent years which is fantastic. ( The fuel economy that is, not the fact that I'm aware of it. )
  
  people could stop buying those big Rams and all that
  I fuckin' hate the popularity of big cars. I mean, I hate car dependency in general, but as far as cars do go, I'd much rather see small EV hatchbacks than this stupid fossil fuel guzzling yank tanks.
  I've seen an ad going around from Kia in Europe, advertising their EV as being "not owned by Elon Musk". Meanwhile, Kia Australia's latest big thing has been the Tasman...yet another fucking wankpanzer.

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