Buy European

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Overview:

The community to discuss buying European goods and services.

Matrix Chat of this community

Rules:

Be kind to each other, and argue in good faith. No direct insults nor disrespectful and condescending comments.
Do not use this community to promote Nationalism/Euronationalism. This community is for discussing European products/services and news related to that. For other topics the following might be of interest:
Include a disclaimer at the bottom of the post if you're affiliated with the recommendation.
No russian suggestions.

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No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia or xenophobia.
No incitement of violence or promotion of violent ideologies.
No harassment, dogpiling or doxxing of other users.
Do not share intentionally false or misleading information.
Do not spam or abuse network features.
Alt accounts are permitted, but all accounts must list each other in their bios.
No generative AI content.

Useful Websites

General BuyEuropean product database: https://buy-european.net/ (relevant post with background info)
Switching your tech to European TLDR: https://better-tech.eu/tldr/ (relevant post)
Buy European meta website with useful links: https://gohug.eu/ (relevant post)

Benefits of Buying Local:

local investment, job creation, innovation, increased competition, more redundancy.

European Instances

Lemmy:

Basque Country: https://lemmy.eus/
🇧🇪 Belgium: https://0d.gs/
🇧🇬 Bulgaria: https://feddit.bg/
Catalonia: https://lemmy.cat/
🇩🇰 Denmark, including Greenland (for now): https://feddit.dk/
🇪🇺 Europe: https://europe.pub/
🇫🇷🇧🇪🇨🇭 France, Belgium, Switzerland: https://jlai.lu/
🇩🇪🇦🇹🇨🇭🇱🇮 Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Lichtenstein: https://feddit.org/
🇫🇮 Finland: https://sopuli.xyz/ & https://suppo.fi/
🇮🇸 Iceland: https://feddit.is/
🇮🇹 Italy: https://feddit.it/
🇱🇹 Lithuania: https://group.lt/
🇳🇱 Netherlands: https://feddit.nl/
🇵🇱 Poland: https://fedit.pl/ & https://szmer.info/
🇵🇹 Portugal: https://lemmy.pt/
🇸🇮 Slovenia: https://gregtech.eu/
🇸🇪 Sweden: https://feddit.nu/
🇹🇷 Turkey: https://lemmy.com.tr/
🇬🇧 UK: https://feddit.uk/

Friendica:

🇦🇹 Austria: https://friendica.io/
🇮🇹 Italy: https://poliverso.org/
🇩🇪 Germany: https://piratenpartei.social/ & https://anonsys.net/
🇫🇷 Significant French speaking userbase: https://social.trom.tf/
🇵🇱 Poland: soc.citizen4.eu

Matrix:

🇬🇧 UK: matrix.org & glasgow.social
🇫🇷 France: tendomium & imagisphe.re & hadoly.fr
🇩🇪 Germany: tchncs.de, catgirl.cloud, pub.solar, yatrix.org, digitalprivacy.diy, oblak.be, nope.chat, envs.net, hot-chilli.im, synod.im & rollenspiel.chat
🇳🇱 Netherlands: bark.lgbt
🇦🇹 Austria: gemeinsam.jetzt & private.coffee
🇫🇮 Finland: pikaviestin.fi & chat.blahaj.zone

Related Communities:

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Continents:

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Buying and Selling:

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Boycott:

Countries:

Companies:

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ECI website is overloaded as we're only a few thousand signatures away (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 month ago by maam@feddit.uk to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

20 comments fedilink

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/32411514

Just hopped in to check and it looks like we're effectively DDoSing the Petition site by refreshing.

You can either join the watch party on the official discord, or use some other tracker website to see the numbers get updated to help alleviate the traffic so that more people can sign.

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TLDR News EU — Are We Sleepwalking Towards a Federal EU? (www.youtube.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Eyekaytee@aussie.zone to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

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Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/tldrnewseu-are-we-sleepwalking-towards-a-federal-eu

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Electric buses on the road to success: more than 2,500 Mercedes-Benz eCitaro buses in use by European transport companies (www.daimlertruck.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

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Trustpilot alternatives (feddit.uk)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Babalugats@feddit.uk to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

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I have been thinking about looking for more European alternatives to Trustpilot for a while as Trustpilot are not trustworthy in my opinion.

They have removed legit reviews and are very expensive for businesses. They have been reported to use aggressive sales tactics, pressuring businesses into paid plans by highlighting negative reviews or offering better visibility for positive ones. Trustpilot has been failing for years to do what it claims it does. For both the customer and the business end.

For both (customer and business), it is better to post reviews on multiple platforms, and for us, it is better if the review platforms are European. I know these are already fairly well known and used in some countries, but not everywhere. Please post links to any others, as I could only find two and hope that there are more.

TrustProfile 🇳🇱 🇪🇺 TrustProfile is more than just reviews. TrustProfile combines an extensive review tool with information from all kind of trustsources.

The Trustbadge 🇩🇪 🇪🇺 The Trustbadge – Grow your Business & Show that your customers love you The one and only Trustbadge® technology collects & displays genuine Customer Reviews at a glance.

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When Big Tech sets its own rules, Europe has failed (www.derstandard.at)

submitted 1 month ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

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AstraZeneca (AZ) - the UK's most valuable listed company - is thinking of upping sticks and switching its stock market listing to America (news.sky.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

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South America's Mercosur, Europe's EFTA bloc seal trade deal (www.dw.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

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Best 15 Wines From Moldova Republic 🇲🇩 (www.chefspencil.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

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We Need To Hold Strong on Democracy and Morals! (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 month ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

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Denmark Launches Plant-Based Diplomacy Initiative to Inspire the EU to Adopt Sustainable Food Policies (vegconomist.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

3 comments fedilink

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Dacia CEO confirms that an electric Duster is in the works (insideevs.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

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Elon Musk Adds ‘Sell Cars in Europe’ to His To-Do List (gizmodo.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

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Why organizations migrate from Microsoft 365 in 2025 (nextcloud.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

0 comments fedilink

In 2025, public and private organizations across Europe are increasingly choosing to migrate away from Microsoft 365. The need for control over sensitive data, stronger compliance with European regulations, and the desire to escape costly vendor lock-in spur on this move.

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Local trade promoting businesses going down (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 month ago by alzymologist@sopuli.xyz to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

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My favorite children clothes store https://www.maammekauppa.fi/ is shutting down (I'm not affiliated, but where will I buy those pretty and durable shirts now?), reason - people are not buying local, one of two local manufacturers who was their suppliers went down last fall for the same reason. This fanatically local and very personal shop just didn't make it. And as small local business owner, I see my reflection in their shutdown.

This is just sad.

And they are right. I'm (affiliated here) trying to sell local brewing yeast for a year now, and almost nobody buys it. I offered gardening chemicals to supermarket networks to be marketed as local - they say there is no demand, they end up with unsold surplus of this (and they know their numbers). I want to believe and praise "buy European" story, but right now the opposite is happening.

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Game Preservation Crisis: The Stop Killing Games Movement Explained (www.youtube.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

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Please support the initiative of Stop Killing Games!

EU Petition

UK Petition

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A new tech race is on. Can Europe learn from the ones it lost? (www.politico.eu)

submitted 1 month ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

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