The alternatives to Intel/AMD/Nvidia, Visa/Mastercard/American Express/Discover and IOS/Android need to be more developed.
Hell, I’m in the US and this sounds like a great idea. Tired of being tracked and monetized for every single thing I do.
Hey, Sunshine, if you’re interested, I highly recommend contributing to OpenStreetMap if/where you can. The built-in iD editor for desktop web is phenomenal and very easy but powerful, and the third-party Vespucci app for Android on F-Droid works very well. OpenStreetMap is still missing data in relatively large cities (let alone probably out in rural areas), and that especially includes sidewalks, residential buildings, addresses, and contact information. Even just making sure the information is complete and up-to-date the next time you visit a business, park, etc. (and marking the ‘Last Checked Date’) is profoundly useful. I’d be free to answer any questions you might have!
To the point of replacing Visa/Mastercard: it would be great if the EU could continue in line of SEPA and create an EU payment processor. Now, I want to be very clear, it should be owned by the member states’ governments, and profit (if any) should go into the EU budget. No neoliberal bullshit of “oh we’re going to put out a contract/give out loans for anyone to set up a payment processor and the market will decide”. It should be a state owned payment processor, to finally stop the likes of Mastercard, Visa, etc. from leeching off every single consumer transaction in the economy.
Is crypto the answer?
No. It is never the answer.
JCB is a japanese alternative to the American credit card payment processors.
It didn’t participate in visa and MasterCard’s collusion to boycott and bankrupt manga, anime and art sites.
Wait what, what happened with Visa and MasterCard and manga sites?
They have been sanctioning sites like pixiv for years, and last year also were the reason Ken Akamatsu’s (Love Hina author) manga archive site for out of print manga was shutdown, and why sites like Melonbooks (one of the largest in japan) only can accept JCB payment now.
Visa and MasterCard have a history of sanctioning anything that has anime and manga adult content, and I’m not talking about loli, just any adult content.
How does one realistically move away from Google maps?
How does one realistically move away from Google maps?
It’s still possible to buy an all-in-one navigation device to keep in a vehicle. They’re often much nicer than phone apps, now.
Yeah now do steam next… I didn’t think so
Good Old Games is a great drm-free alternative as they’re polish 🇵🇱
Ok. Do it. Delete your account… Send screenshots
You don’t have delete your account. Just stop buying games on steam.
So you’re not removing it from your life?
I just gave you an alternative, it’s not about being perfect but to reduce our reliance on the us.
This response reeks of defending your questionable choices as you attacked others for being “hypocritical” while unironically intending to continue to buy all your games on steam.
Buying most of your games from alternatives stores is much better than only on steam. Also fyi information itch.io is also American.
Someone earlier called me out for largely using Costco instead of just farmer’s markets/local groceries/ethnic stores and I didn’t lash out at them like you did earlier.
Why are you an assohle about it?
I’m sorry if someone has a different opinion than you that doesn’t make them an a******. But to answer your question hypocrites be hypocriting and I called it out.
You’re still being an ass.
I like how it took the threat of annexation to mildly inconvenience yourselves.
For me it was the prospect that it may have an impact.
Mildly inconvenience myself to microscopically inconvenience American companies didn’t seem worth it.
