limit6motives8h ago

Help find quite specific shoes alternative: Hoka Bondi SR

https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/34288126

Help find quite specific shoes alternative: Hoka Bondi SR - tchncs

Hoka originates from Europe but moved their HQ to USA at some point so fml. And they also make my favourite shoe ever, Bondi SR: https://www.hoka.com/en/gb/men-lifestyle/bondi-sr/197634149271.html [https://www.hoka.com/en/gb/men-lifestyle/bondi-sr/197634149271.html] 5 things that I’m looking for in the alternative, from least to most important: 1. White on white like my old Bondi SR edition (or like this new edition from the link, light gray in white is fine too, just no circus colours). 2. Leather. Helps in my wet weather. Any other weather-resistant material could be fine I guess. 3. High, plush cushion. Just preference of my feet who will kill me otherwise. 4. Wide toe base! A lot of sport shoes ends up being narrow squashing the toes too much for a comfortable whole-day use. It has been a (walking)life-changer for me to go for a wide design. 5. Super grippy sole. I live by the port, cross a port dam and take a chain ferry every day pretty much, often on slipways too. I want those shoes to have excellent grip. Those shoes on dry asphalt feel like walking with glue on. Wet floor in the shop? Not a problem. I bet you could walk on oil and not die immediately. Those came from the recommendations of my NHS friends who walk all day and on less-than-favourable substances spilled sometimes in ER. They are sadly out of ideas what other shoe could replace it well.

All Europeans 🇪🇺11h ago

The following article provides data on the growth of interest in European clouds since the start of the year.

Main points:

- Opencloud: 62% increase in users since January
- Magic Earth: Over 250% growth in six weeks
- Nextcloud: Three times more inquiries
- Ionos has experienced an increased demand, particularly from the security and defence sectors
- Leitzcloud: Customers are seeking enhanced security

Is there more data about other companies?

It'd be great to find out how much of an impact this movement is actually having. :)

https://www.golem.de/news/abgesang-von-us-clouds-eu-tech-firmen-erleben-aufschwung-durch-us-handelspolitik-2504-195297.html
#BuyFromEU #BuyEuropean #EuropeanAlternatives

Abgesang von US-Clouds: EU-Tech-Firmen erleben Aufschwung durch US-Handelspolitik - Golem.de

Durch die von US-Präsident Donald Trump verfolgte isolationistische Wirtschaftspolitik erleben europäische Softwarefirmen einen Aufschwung.

Golem.de
sovietknuckles [they/them]1d ago

“The European Union won’t take chicken from America. They won’t take lobsters from America. They hate our beef because our beef is beautiful and theirs is weak. It’s unbelievable” Lutnick told FoxNews

https://hexbear.net/post/4580590

Wimster1d ago

A philosophical reflection

https://europe.pub/post/192841

A philosophical reflection - Europe Pub

A philosophical reflection: why are so many entrepreneurs obsessed with expansionism? Does it have to do with ego, with power, with greed and “always more”? What is wrong with the local market? Expansion at home, neighboring countries or - by extension - Europe. Surely that should be enough? Just making good money that you yourself and your group of workers can live a good life. Should that really be so much more? Or am I naive and still believe in fairy tales? Buy from Europe. Maybe we finaly are starting to understand the power of local businesses.

Ricardo Tavares1d ago

if in 🇪🇺
buy from 🇪🇺

#buyfromeu

nahostdeutschland1d ago

Let me tell you about the “boycott light”

https://feddit.org/post/10701035

Let me tell you about the “boycott light” - feddit.org

Let me tell you about the “boycott light”: It is of course difficult to directly eliminate all American products and all American technology from your life. Smartphones are one technology in particular for which there is no real European alternative. And of course, in some cases Amazon is the only place where certain products are available or where certain products are significantly cheaper than elsewhere. Boycotting is hard, but there is a way to hurt them without hurting yourself. But: the big tech companies live from your “engagement”. The more time you spend on YouTube, TikTok, Twitter, Instagram or Facebook, the more advertising they can show you. And the more profitable you are for these companies. That’s why they rely on all these addiction mechanisms, because every minute you spend there is hard cash for the companies. This also applies to the eCommerce giants. PayPal collects a commission for every payment. Visa and Mastercard too. Amazon also takes its cut and so on. Every minute that you are not surfing Facebook but are on Lemmy, Mastodon, on other websites or even offline is a minute in which your engagement there drops and in which no profitable advertising can be shown to you. You can of course stop using those services completely and delete all accounts, but if that’s not possible, a partial boycott is also a good idea. If only one of your friend groups stays on Facebook and you move with the others, that’s less time spent there and therefore less profit for Zuckerberg. Your local football group wants to stay on WhatsApp, but you can move your friends to Signal? Less time spend in WhatsApp, KPIs are going down. And of course it’s hard when certain products are significantly cheaper on Amazon than in other stores. But if you compare prices before you buy and then buy many products elsewhere and don’t just go for the default Amazon, then that’s poison for Bezos pocket. If you simply select the other payment methods for stores and not PayPal by default, that attacks their business model. Does a store only have PayPal? Then you can of course do without the purchase completely, but: If you no longer use PayPal as the default, but only where it is absolutely necessary, then the KPIs at their HQ will be on fire. This also applies to other digital services: If you no longer use Google Search as your main search, but only as a backup when you haven’t found what you want in other search engines, then they will absolutly go nuts at Google HQ. If you use an Android phone but refuse to use the AI and all the cloud services, then that kills their engagement metrics and honestly: it doesn’t do you any harm. So: If you are unable to do a full boycott, a partial boycott is still an effective method of harming certain companies. Try to be as unprofitable as possible for you in your circumstances.

Jan Heisinen1d ago

Today in #Lahti, #Finland.

#boycottmusk #boycottusa #boycottamerica #usa #us #eu #europe #buyfromeu #buyfromeurope #buyeuropean #buylocal #boycotttesla #musk #elonmusk #tariffs #trump #politics #uspolitics #democracy

🦉 RiedEule1d ago
#buyfromeu
Eine eigene Webspace und URL bei einem deutschen Hoster kostet nur wenige Euro.
Hab noch Nextcloud installiert und hab jetzt meine eigene Datencloud und Email....ohne Amerikaner
tfm1d ago

"Trump-Effekt" führt zu Nachfrage bei europäischen Cloud-Anbietern

https://europe.pub/post/190467

"Trump-Effekt" führt zu Nachfrage bei europäischen Cloud-Anbietern - Europe Pub

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/10693288 [https://feddit.org/post/10693288]

tfm1d ago

Good privacy, googlefree, Android based mobilphone from germany

https://europe.pub/post/189811

Good privacy, googlefree, Android based mobilphone from germany - Europe Pub

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/61095888 [https://lemm.ee/post/61095888] > A Start Up bringing a new Phone into the Market. ITS worse a closer Look. Habe dun with it!