If you’re into games, Balatro is an indie game of the year winner by a Canadian dev!

A) Thanks for trying, every bit helps! And hey, even if you can’t buy Canadian, not buying American is pretty helpful!

B) there’s a community set up for all these questions and recommendations etc:

https://lemmy.ca/c/buycanadian

There’s some great stuff in there, I can’t wait to introduce my buddy to Fubar.

Also been curious about My Shiva Year, Men w Brooms, Incendies and Akilla’s escape.

If you haven’t seen it, Blackberry is a fun one. Room is, well, not fun but quite good.

Oooof, I promise you we have better beer than that! But damned if I don’t appreciate the support!

Absolutely!

In the words of Omar Little, “oh indeed.”

Yup! But every bit helps!

Thanks for visiting, we appreciate it, really!

I realized last night, while not as anti US, watching stuff on CBC Gem probably helps Canadians in the television industry etc.

That’s right, watching TV as an act of resistance!

Totally fair! As much as we hate AI, maybe you could use deepseek or somesuch to get the majority of the letter written and then edit and send as necessary? Honestly though, even a couple lines to a corporate contact email address etc works!

Awesome!

Maybe it’s letter writing time? I bet there are a lot of stores in your area that could use the moral.support of a letter urging them to reduce their American goods, flag non American ones etc.

Or, if you don’t mins social media, joining bluesky (twitter alternative) or whatever that instagram alternative is? (More users => more growth => meaningful competitor.)

One that surprised me is how many apps etc are American. Even free apps usually profit by selling your data etc. So, worth taking the time to try and find non American digital substitutes.

A huge proportion of America’s economy is actually digital services.

Other stuff you can do is write to local grocers. If they’re labelling Canadian products, thank them and maybe ask if they can highlight all non American food. If they aren’t labelling, ask what their plans are

Outside of America, I don’t think a lot of things come with a made in America sticker and brands are a little tricky.

If that’s rhe best there is, sure. But especially for digital services some sort of community would be useful. Think non American game studios, browser alternatives (I guess duck duck go might be a decent option?) etc. Heck, even publishing companies etc.

The more of the world that’s able to hit back the better off we all are.

If you talk at all like you’ve written, I would treat you like a child too.

Maturity has nothing to do with your calendar age.