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Apps for boycotting American products surge to the top of the Danish App Store (techcrunch.com)
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European consumers are fighting back against the U.S. following Trump’s threats to take control of Greenland, a Danish territory. As a result, two mobile apps that offer a way to determine if products are made in America, then suggest local alternatives, have surged to the top of the Danish App Store in recent days.

The boost in downloads comes as Danish consumers have been organizing a grassroots boycott of American-made products, which also included canceling their U.S. vacations and ditching their subscriptions to U.S.-based streaming services, like Netflix.

Across both iOS and Android, two apps, NonUSA and Made O’Meter, have entered the top 10 this month, according to new data from market intelligence provider Appfigures.

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[–] 15 points 9 months ago (3 children)

The EU could redeem itself and start pumping money into postmarketos or sailfish.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (2 children)

    What exactly do you think the EU is?

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    • [–] 20 points 9 months ago (10 children)

    The irony of this being about the apple and Google app stores is palpable.

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  • [–] 31 points 9 months ago (9 children)

    How else do you want it to reach mass audience? Especially on Apple.

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  • [–] 15 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Word of mouth, the posters with the little grab tabs at the bottom, that one old lady who tells everyone around town the gossip including deeply personal information. Honestly, petrescatraian, are you even trying? Smh my head. Then they could download it as a CSV file to use in Libreoffice on their Linux Mint machine in the middle of Costco. /S

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  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    obviously, not via their app stores. the EU really needs to slap them harder, especially apple in this case, for their malicious compliance.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I would love to move away from Google. However, Danish security apps require Google Play for security verification so it isn't viable to move away from mainstream Android and Google Play - unless it's to Apple, which is hardly better.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    I didn't ask you how they shouldn't get it. I asked you how they . Like, only one way. Because even on Android, the average user is not gonna use F-Droid and using an apk file is simply not practical for many. Sure, you get users, but if your goal is to make it easier for the majority of the people, they sure as hell will not download F-Droid just for one specific app. Besides that, it is also a market opportunity. I'm sure the devs of these apps also make some good money on these.As for Apple... sure, there is AltStore, but how many people are using it yet?

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    • [–] 4 points 9 months ago

    Welcome!

    Re: Canada

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