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Buy European

buyeuropean@feddit.uk

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Overview:

The community to discuss buying European goods and services.

Matrix Chat of this community

Rules:

Be kind to each other, and argue in good faith. No direct insults nor disrespectful and condescending comments.
Do not use this community to promote Nationalism/Euronationalism. This community is for discussing European products/services and news related to that. For other topics the following might be of interest:
Include a disclaimer at the bottom of the post if you're affiliated with the recommendation.
No russian suggestions.

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No harassment, dogpiling or doxxing of other users.
Do not share intentionally false or misleading information.
Do not spam or abuse network features.
Alt accounts are permitted, but all accounts must list each other in their bios.
No generative AI content.

Useful Websites

General BuyEuropean product database: https://buy-european.net/ (relevant post with background info)
Switching your tech to European TLDR: https://better-tech.eu/tldr/ (relevant post)
Buy European meta website with useful links: https://gohug.eu/ (relevant post)

Benefits of Buying Local:

local investment, job creation, innovation, increased competition, more redundancy.

European Instances

Lemmy:

Basque Country: https://lemmy.eus/
🇧🇪 Belgium: https://0d.gs/
🇧🇬 Bulgaria: https://feddit.bg/
Catalonia: https://lemmy.cat/
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🇪🇺 Europe: https://europe.pub/
🇫🇷🇧🇪🇨🇭 France, Belgium, Switzerland: https://jlai.lu/
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🇹🇷 Turkey: https://lemmy.com.tr/
🇬🇧 UK: https://feddit.uk/

Friendica:

🇦🇹 Austria: https://friendica.io/
🇮🇹 Italy: https://poliverso.org/
🇩🇪 Germany: https://piratenpartei.social/ & https://anonsys.net/
🇫🇷 Significant French speaking userbase: https://social.trom.tf/
🇵🇱 Poland: soc.citizen4.eu

Matrix:

🇬🇧 UK: matrix.org & glasgow.social
🇫🇷 France: tendomium & imagisphe.re & hadoly.fr
🇩🇪 Germany: tchncs.de, catgirl.cloud, pub.solar, yatrix.org, digitalprivacy.diy, oblak.be, nope.chat, hot-chilli.im, synod.im & rollenspiel.chat
🇳🇱 Netherlands: bark.lgbt
🇦🇹 Austria: gemeinsam.jetzt & private.coffee
🇫🇮 Finland: pikaviestin.fi & chat.blahaj.zone

Related Communities:

Buy Local:

Continents:

European:

Buying and Selling:

!flohmarkt@lemmy.ca

Boycott:

Countries:

Companies:

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People who joined Lemmy in the last few days thanks to posts on /r/buyfromEU, how are you doing? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago* by Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

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First of all,welcome to Lemmy!

Here are a few pointers to help you settle in

Feel free if you have any questions!

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[–] Mechazawa@jlai.lu 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I just joined and i'm exploring right now. It's looking good ! Of course it will be easier in a few days but i'm honestly pleasantly surprised !

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[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com [S] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Welcome! For French speaking communities, !forumlibre@jlai.lu and !support@jlai.lu should be useful

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[–] Mechazawa@jlai.lu 5 points 1 year ago

Thank you, i will make sure to check these ones !

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Welcome in from the cold. We have hot cocoa and blankets.

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[–] Mechazawa@jlai.lu 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I prefer grog in the winter, but i will gladly take hot coca ! Thanks

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

Would you settle for chilled vodka? I have that in spades.

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