If we look at the top US companies market cap list, Canadians are still in love with the top 10 companies, if not most from the top 100. Seems the majority of loser Canadians prefer Canschluss. Welcome 51st state/15th territory! 50 billion maximum travel boycott is literally nothing when Google is worth more than the entire Canadian economy alone. Every Canadian still has a Google/Apple phone, uses Microsoft products, Amazon servers, Visa/Mastercard transactions, etc. etc. America’s got you by the balls and they will have your resources at this rate!
https://companiesmarketcap.com/usa/largest-companies-in-the-usa-by-market-cap/
Things take time, jackass.
You can’t walk into a store and buy a non Google off some phone yet, so yeah, people aren’t magicking then into existence.
“It’s not perfect so it’s a failure”… What a stupid take…
Well, you certainly seem to be an asshole.
Besides, you’re missing the point - ALL of the points.
- There are unfortunately a lot of things that cannot be done without US companies. You call people losers for having an Apple or Android phone or using a credit card, but what other options are there right now?
- We may not be doing perfectly - hell, we’re probably not doing as well as we should - but not getting everything perfect right away doesn’t negate what we’ve done.
- The point isn’t to hurt the US - we’re not big enough to really accomplish that. The point is to avoid the US as much as we can for our benefit and sovereignty.
Weird. It’s 100% successful in my household, and I just told my employer in won’t be traveling to the conference they wanted me to next year because I won’t spend time or money on fascism.
OP must live among weak willed people.
Go to a Walmart or Costco.
But we don’t. Don’t you get it?
We all live amongst weak willed people. I too am the only one I know truly and faithfully engaged in the boycott.
I will not be buying another iPad or iPhone, I have “De-Appled” most of the things. I have moved almost all of my web services to Canadian hosts, and I look at all my purchases to make sure they are Canadian first or not US second. I use a pi-hole setup to block ads, and Unwatched to block youtube ads. I have raspberry pi’s to do the computer things.
I moved to Lemmy, an open source social network I am on a Canadian host, to get away from Reddit.
The government of Canada is constantly looking for trade deals that are not centred on the US. I think the boycott is working.
All crying no suggestions.
For this we need Canadian alternatives, but the tech monopolies having a stranglehold on the supply chain. For all the tough talk, all this American tech was built with Chinese labour, and with chips made in Taiwan.
To get Canadian alternatives we’d probably need a crown corporation, simply because under the current market conditions there isn’t going to be a way for a Canadian tech company to enter the market now and compete with the likes of Apple or Google.
I’m all for this, but it’s going to be a very hard sell in the current political climate.
The biggest issue is where are they going to get chips or RAM specifically right now. The supply chain is in shambles again. Starting to think it is how they like it.
Lighten up Francis.
I love the user tagging system on Lemmy apps. A nice bright label for this one.
Thankfully, you’re not in charge of anything important.
Keep avoiding MAGA.
That’s because the government is not doing enough to finds alternatives to us products
Neither are you.
How am i going to buy non existant canadian products as alternstives?
So if the products are nonexistent how would the Canadian government find them?
I’m not expecting for a quick fix, but the government’s current plan shows little desire to reindustrialize and begin making investments in new industries. To ensure that the value, jobs, and decision-making remain in Canada, we need completely Canadian businesses that design, own, and manufacture those items here rather than just foreign companies assembling them here.
And, How would you propose that The Canadian government force these new Industries to produce Canadian products that rival well established American products, like the iPhone? And manufactured them…
Where do you think that money is going to come from?
Instead of licking trump boots and accept his request to increase our “defense” to 5% of GDP of non eminent threats we can use that money for reindustrialization or maybe taxing the rich more like the NPD suggest which could generate $24B annually of revenues
Oh okay, so things that aren’t going to happen.
You do know $24b/y isn’t enough right? An entire self sustaining manufacturing country, with software and hardware design to rival the biggest tech companies on earth, who have decades of experience, intellectual property, and partnerships?
You’re out of your mind. This is pure fantasy.
For $24b, you can get… one car manufacturer, but the electronics are coming from China.
You can be a crybaby and downvote, or you Canadians could also actually begin your boycott instead of this virtue signalling and false platitudes.
Although I understand your point I think your understanding of the topic is lacking. You obviously don’t get the big picture.
Unbelievably poor taste.
Are you pretending to be a fresh 50-cent army recruit?
SJW moment.
