Cancelling Amazon

But it is about the ethics of buying and that is a complex matter. Will people abandon EU products when some of those countries shift to the right ( as I think they will). Someone mentioned Samsung instead of other electronics, Samsung have quite a poor track record in terms of workers rights, I say that as a Samsing user.

Yes Galaxy you’re right, and we can only make what we think are the right choices for us, for now.

I wish I hadn't looked up Samsung actually. I love my Samsung phone.

amazon don`t seem to employ many British people, around here anyway

I also cancelled amazon

Well, I'm not going to cut off my nose to spite my face! I live in a rural area and am in my 80s, and I appreciate the speed and dependability of Amazon. When I first started using it about 20 years ago I wasn't thinking about where the company came from - I was just amazed by its efficiency. I was a bit more savvy when Temu came along and checked its source. When I discovered it was China, I didn't touch it!
I would love to find a way to trump Trump, but not if it means an inconvenience to myself. Is it normal to become more selfish in older old age?

Is it normal to become more selfish in older old age?

It's not selfish. We do what we can to make our lives easier and more efficient.
Bezos found a business initiative which worked, is efficient and is extremely successful. I do wish he'd treat his staff better, though.

Taichinan
When we moved here we had a variety of shops, a small supermarket, then some closed, others opened and the town was busy. I could shop for most things locally including shoes and clothes.
What killed it was out of town shopping centres not Amazon.
There are very few shops here now.

karmalady

amazon don`t seem to employ many British people, around here anyway

I also cancelled amazon

Amazon employ in excess of 75,000 people in the UK.

McDonald’s employ 120,000 in the UK.

KFC 27,000

Costa Coffee 17,000

A lot of employees.

Another private equity firm (British, I think) has just bought W H Smith.
Modella Capital also owns Hobbycraft and The Original Factory Shops plus online craft and shopping channels.

Wish I coykd find an alternative for kindle, actual books are a no no due to having an eye problem

Like others on here I am now too old to get out & round shops then carry it all home on a bus or maybe a cab! So I do use Amazon quite a lot. It is down to my age & being increasingly more decrepit every day!

I rarely buy anything that is made in the US, but I shall manage to do without Heinz Baked Beans from now on.

My smartphone is not an American make, but the real problem is Microsoft Windows. Microsoft Office can be replaced by a European office program, but Google?

Do any of you know of a replacement for Google or Firefox, or Google Maps?

Replace Google with :-

DuckDuckGo, Bing, Ecosia, Startpage, Qwant, Swisscows, Brave Search, or Yahoo

However, haven’t looked to check their origins

I can't recommend Yahoo. DH uses it and I checked his emails for him on my PC and since then it keeps taking over, can't get rid of it no matter what I do.

I’ve always used Yahoo, thought everyone else did too. An interesting, useful thread.

Yahoo UK is a subsidiary of Yahoo which is an American company.

Founding and History: Yahoo! was founded in January 1994 by Jerry Yang and David Filo, who were electrical engineering graduates at Stanford University.
Headquarters: The company's headquarters are in New York City, New York, USA.
Ownership: Yahoo! Inc. is a subsidiary of Apollo Global Management.
Global Presence: While Yahoo! has a global presence, its core operations and origins remain firmly rooted in the United States.

Thanks Allira. I’ll be looking up the alternatives.

I use Google, but I’m not signed up to it, so their search engines don’t give me personalised recommendations based on my previous searches. The only time it’s a pain is on YouTube, because it doesn’t always show the latest posts of my favoured posters.

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Isn't he just doing things to price offshore companies out of the market and thus persuade Americans to buy American products and therefore create more jobs?

Maybe we should take a lead out of his book.

All very fine to block Amazon but what about when you want a new car, washing machine or dishwasher? Many sold under European and U.K. names as being made there but are actually assembled in the U.S.
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Amazon UK provides lots of jobs for people all over the country. If everyone stopped buying from them enough to make a difference they would just leave the country taking the jobs away making a lot of people unemployed.

We'll all have our own individual cut off points. I subscribe to Amazon Prime having renewed at the start of the year so will carry on using it, especially for the occasional sports coverage on Prime video. I avoid Chinese made goods where practicable and will avoid as much American made stuff as I can. I won't necessarily avoid all American outlets since they are providing employment for UK people. karmalady I don't understand the comment about Amazon not employing British people. Everybody that works for them in the warehouses to the delivery vans is resident in the UK. They might be a tough employer (I wish they paid better and had better working practices) but enough people are glad of the opportunity for gainful employment.

I have all Apple products, laptop, iPad, iPhone because I love that they synchronise without me doing a thing. I can't see me changing any time soon, mostly because I keep my things going for years and don't update at every new model.

As long as we're comfortable with our own response that is what matters. I love football and will avidly watch tons of it. I watched not one second of the last World Cup because I disagreed with the venue and I heartedly despised those football pundits of ours that went out to take the tainted money. It made not one iota of difference to those harmed by the building of the stadia, Qatar or the likes of Gary Linekar but I felt better abiding by my individual principles. I suspect that my not using Google would have about as much impact.

Have always said the idea of special relationship was a total sham and never supported american stuff . So am happy that Trump has at last said something that has galvanised people into doing something. His idea of diplomacy is at the level of a two year old in a temper tantrum. You cannot trust a word he says and he thinks the world will change on whatever whim suits him on a specific day. Relying on him for anything , apart from knowing his total attitude is to grab everything he can without any intention of paying for it, is not worth thinking about. So great , let him carry on making enemies and hopefully they will get rid of him.

I hope we can avoid buying Chlorine washed chickens and antibiotic filled beef. We should concentrate on UK and EU food regulations about place of origin and not where something is processed. I will continue to use local butchers and greengrocers. Flour for my bread maker is grown and milled in UK. I would be dubious about fruit from US as I have read that they are sprayed with chemicals
I am doing my best avoid US and Chinese goods. Difficult at times.

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I was looking for specific wool to knit a toy for my grandson. Amazon would not send it to my NI address but I found a great UK company who would. I had it within days. I’m fed up with Amazon.