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submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by orlian@lemmy.world to c/canada@lemmy.ca
 

Canada has huge reserves of oil, natural gas, minerals, timber. Americans need that.

Canada doesn't need anything americans sell

Adobe Photoshop πŸ‘‰ Use GIMP or Affinity.

Adobe Illustrator πŸ‘‰ Use Inkscape or Affinity.

Word and Excel πŸ‘‰ LibreOffice is better. No AI shit and it won't spy on you.

Microsoft Windows πŸ‘‰ Use Linux. It's more secure anyway.

General Motors, Ford, Dodge, Chrysler, Tesla πŸ‘‰ We don't need shitty american cars. Buy Hyundai, Toyotas, Honda, Volkswagen.

Apple iPhone πŸ‘‰ Buy a Samsung

Starbucks Coffee πŸ‘‰ Just drink local coffee.

McDonalds πŸ‘‰ Buy from A&W or Harveys

Hyatt Hotels, Marriott Hotels, Four Seasons πŸ‘‰ Go to Canadian hotels

Amazon πŸ‘‰ Fuck Jeff Bezos. Buy from your local stores.

Maxwell House Coffee πŸ‘‰ Balzac's Coffee Roasters is Canadian

Tourism πŸ‘‰ Visit Quebec, Banff National Park, Niagara Falls, Vancouver Island, Johnstone Strait, Yoho National Park. Go north to watch beautiful Arctic landscapes. At least you won't be shot and killed.

Boeing πŸ‘‰ Buy Airbus. At least they won't crash.

What do americans sell that Canadians actually need? Nothing. They just sell convenience. Their products are often substandard

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[–] unknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earth 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Apple iPhone πŸ‘‰ Buy a Samsung

Samsung phones are better than iPhone, but in the meantime only slightly. Their bootloaders have become pretty much impossible to unlock, meaning you're stuck with Android (Google). At the moment Linux is not particularly workable as a daily driver for most people, but it's good to think ahead in hopes that we might be able to rid ourselves of the Appl-Google duopoly some time in the future, and being able to unlock your bootloader is one of the keys to that, since it is a precondition to installing a different operating system.

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago

Buy a used pixel and put Garphene OS on it. WAY better experience.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 23 hours ago

Yup. Some of the Chinese brands are decent and unlockable if anything American is off the table.