To help us Europeans in 1945, thousands of Americans had to fight their way from the bloody beaches of Normandy all the way to Berlin, under fire, in ice cold trenches, watching their friends die left and right.
But to help the Americans in 2026, we Europeans need to sit in our heated livingrooms and hit "end subscription" on streaming services that finance the American oligarchy — and of course no one wants to live through the horror, so fascism it is.
@livcomp potentially yes.
I earn a living from YouTube which has a monopoly that I cannot easily replace, but for me it was the easiest thing in the world to replace Prime Video with Sky Showtime, and to buy my products from Thomann instead of Amazon, and to not subscribe to ChatGPT, and to not buy a new iPhone, etc.
@randahl @livcomp Sitting down with my daughter to create a presentation for school, I was surprised to find that YouTubes monopoly is so huge. I have blocked access to YouTube on her computer, but it was impossible to find video material for our purposes from other sources.
On top of that, her teacher forces her to use Chrome and school uses Google Classroom. All very convenient, but questionable in face of current political realities.
Randahl Fink
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