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Do we even import much? The only thing I have seen are harley motorcycles, but that seems like a minuscular market…
If the Netherlands imports American goods and services?
They do; lots of junk food such as Coca Cola and McDonald's, confectioneries such as Snickers and KitKat, vehicles from Ford and Tesla, subscription services such as Netflix and Spotify, social media from Meta and X, and so on and so forth...
It's hard to avoid American goods and services, really.
Spotify is European no? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotify?wprov=sfla1
Apple is also a notable company here
Microsoft!
People should ditch Windows and use Linux.
A few weeks ago, I helped my father make the jump.
Window 10 EOL has me switching anyways, Windows 11 is just bad, I don’t care for it at all and being pushed into it feels just as bad as reddit trying to push everyone to their shitty app.
Yes. It's always strange when some people want to ban an app because of potential espionage, data gathering, and national security, when most of the computers in governments and the corporate world are using Windows. Even if there are corporate versions that won't gather as much telemetry, and even if Microsoft has not shown sings of bending the knee to the new fascist administration in the US, it's also a matter of security, in addition to a boycott.
Good point. It is hard and somewhat confusing at times what one should boycot. While some brands like Tesla and Coca Cola are clearcut,others like Mc Donald's are franchised (or frenchfried) enterprises. Usually they use >90% local ingredients afaik .
Some other big conglomerates do some of same, using locally sourced ingredients.
Also, one could focus on just sanctioning the RED States for example. At least that was also a POV that was interesting. Some might argue, that Dems are also responsible for this mess, but that's something everyone needs to decide for themselves.
Also there is Mondalez International is a USA corp. with a range of cookies & chocolates,
Brands like Milka, Cadbury, Côte d'Or, Toblerone, Freia and, LU, Oreo, Belvita, TUC, Prince en Liga
And Pepsi ( with many brands like Lays.
Franchises usually have to pay a percentage ongoing to the corporate office. Even if a Rotten Rons is a locally owned franchise using 90% locally sourced ingredients, they're still supporting the home office and all its exploitation.