reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net to Casual Conversation @lemm.eeEnglish · 2 days agoI made a couple 'Tarriff pause' purchases but am going into financial lockdown now for the foreseeable future. What about you guys? Planning to tighten your purse strings?message-squaremessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up184file-text
arrow-up184message-squareI made a couple 'Tarriff pause' purchases but am going into financial lockdown now for the foreseeable future. What about you guys? Planning to tighten your purse strings?reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net to Casual Conversation @lemm.eeEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square37fedilinkfile-text
I expect that others are in the same boat and that we’ll see a downturn in consumer purchasing very soon.
minus-squareFizz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoIm pretty anti subscriptions but ive changed from free platforms to paid just to avoid giving money to American businesses. Its weird how the effects of one policy ripple through the world. Nowadays im catching myself hesitanting when buying any foreign product.
minus-squareidriss@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoI am not even European and I nuked a bunch of subscriptions (netflix, aws, slack, VPNs, Prefect, …) and went self hosting + reputable vps providers in Europe. Rooting fo you guys.
Im pretty anti subscriptions but ive changed from free platforms to paid just to avoid giving money to American businesses.
Its weird how the effects of one policy ripple through the world. Nowadays im catching myself hesitanting when buying any foreign product.
I am not even European and I nuked a bunch of subscriptions (netflix, aws, slack, VPNs, Prefect, …) and went self hosting + reputable vps providers in Europe. Rooting fo you guys.