• Coffeegrinder@feddit.nl
    1534·
    7 个月前

    That’s atleast better than picking up a product and leaving it somewhere else because you decided that you didnt need it anymore.

  • TheBrideWoreCrimson@sopuli.xyz
    931·
    7 个月前

    Imma do this, but in Europe.
    Kind of related: the largest supermarket in my hometown used to put “country of origin” flags next to wine bottles only. Now they’re expanding them, aisle after aisle, to everything, it seems.

          • Natanox@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
            91·
            7 个月前

            Lol.

            This reminds me of someone who ones was really sad about “german quality”, as they intentionally bought a tool box from a german brand. Turned out they, unfortunately, picked the cheapest one “Brüder Mannesmann”. Which is basically a german sales front for whatever they can cheaply resell (so basically fancy AliExpress with a CE stamp). Their “rust-free” tools turned orange faster than even chinese bridges could collapse.

            Unfortunately this whole price war causes actual german tool manufacturers like Bosch to go down in quality as well, at least for their value kits. Of course the same is true for Japanese’ Makita. And with the Internet being infested with bots and paid reviews (i.e. lies) and local shops also being paid to tell you marketing nonsense… it’s so god damn hard to find actual quality products.

            Is there by any chance some Fedi channel equivalent to r/buyitforlife?

  • lath@lemmy.world
    805·
    7 个月前

    Sounds good, but it depends on each individual market’s management whether they’ll have their lowly peons do the extra work of undoing that every time.

    • dumblederp@aussie.zone
      1057·
      7 个月前

      The workers would still be paid for the re-facing of the product. Maybe the store would realise that USA made products aren’t worth stocking if there’s more wages required to fix up the shelf aesthetics. Workers are employed to work, if there isn’t work they’ll get sent home or have their shifts shortened. I don’t mind having to work at work, it’s what they’re paying me for.

      • lath@lemmy.world
        215·
        7 个月前

        You most likely didn’t mean it that way, but I’m seeing an alternate, unpleasant interpretation that can be misconstrued from your words.

        To use an example, it’s like those people who leave products they reconsider buying in random places due to being lazy, then say something like “I’m helping the workers stay employed by giving them work to do.” Which isn’t a very nice thing to do.

        I don’t think that at a personal level there are many people who would say “yay, more work” in this kind of situation…

        • brian@lemmy.ca
          131·
          7 个月前

          I think the framing needs to show that it isn’t going to be “more work”, it’s just different work. The people being tasked with this clean up would’ve been doing something else, not just standing around.

          • mearce@programming.dev
            101·
            7 个月前

            Minimum wage employees indeed would’ve been doing something else, and they will still need to do that something else later. Along with the other things that used to be someone elses job that now falls onto this person. Grocery stores wont hire more workers or be understanding workers cant complete their tasks.

            • explodicle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              23·
              7 个月前

              No offense but have you worked at a grocery store? Nobody really cares that much. If you think I’m slacking off, then look at the security cameras.

        • JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world
          83·
          7 个月前

          I don’t think that at a personal level…

          To be blunt, they don’t need to be happy about it. The company is still losing productivity over this situation, even if the employee is mad about it.

          In fact, I’m kind of glad they’re mad about it because that means they’re gonna make mistakes and work slower for a while. The company will lose even more money, and assuming they’re paying any attention they’ll realize it’s because of the American products being defaced constantly and it’s just not worth stocking them

  • pedz@lemmy.ca
    41·
    7 个月前

    Sadly it’s more difficult to turn computers, websites, tech services, and operating systems upside down.

    It’s a nice idea for small physical products but it would also be nice to have a movement to boycott and give alternatives to American tech services.

    • klu9@lemmy.caEnglish
      171·
      7 个月前

      Sadly it’s more difficult to turn computers, websites, tech services, and operating systems upside down.

      Challenge accepted!

      (Warning: May not work on any version of Windows other than 93.)

    • BOFH@feddit.ukEnglish
      7·
      7 个月前

      I’m one of the many recent immigrants from reddit so I guess that’s my start to alternatives.

      I don’t think I can walk away from many of the American tech services I use, but what I have done is reviewed what I use, change what I can and walk away from what I can. I’ve curtailed my optional spend on American companies, goods, and services. We can all do that at least.

      • Gbbrl@feddit.ukEnglish
        3·
        7 个月前

        Same here. I’m cutting things out and slowly switching to alternatives where I can.

        Individually dropping these products and services won’t do much in isolation but as we’re seeing with Tesla, there is power as a group.

        Next on my list is the Google suite. I use docs and sheets a ton for Uni work and home/hobby stuff.

            • pumpkinseedoil@mander.xyz
              2·
              7 个月前

              Awesome.

              In the appearance settings (I think the first point, I just don’t know what it’s called in English) you can change it from top + sidebar style to just tiles on top, resembling Microsoft office’s user interface. Makes it easier to transition.

    • KumaSudosa@feddit.dk
      61·
      7 个月前

      I’m almost there! Gonna install a new OS on my phone in the weekend, then I’m completely murica free.

      Next step: convincing and helping others

      Edit: except my payment cards, although I try to use my phone whenever I can (which still uses SWIFT, I guess)

        • KumaSudosa@feddit.dk
          21·
          7 个月前

          That’s the idea! Although I also found one other OS that looks cool, but the name escapes me rn.

          Have you made the jump?

          • ry_@lemmy.ml
            1·
            7 个月前

            Not yet, though I suspect I will when I need to update my phone (you need a pixel for Graphene), but there’s also lineage os

            • Mossheart@lemmy.ca
              1·
              7 个月前

              Sadly, graphene doesn’t support many banking apps, which makes for a shitty user experience. Liked everything else about it but not being able to access muh money on the go was a dealbreaker for me.

            • KumaSudosa@feddit.dk
              41·
              7 个月前

              I do not have to be a registered nurse to change the Operative System on my phone? Well, that’d be weird!

  • comfy@lemmy.ml
    281·
    7 个月前

    Maybe turn them around so they’re all backwards. Might be better for odd-shapped containers

  • But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world
    22·
    7 个月前

    I like that there’sa Canadian maple leaf on all the Canadian products but I would prefer an American flag on American goods. I don’t mind buying European or products of other countries, just avoiding the u.s.