I buy from onbuy, where possible, instead of ebay. Or direct from the selling company if I cab find it.

Does anyone know of an alternative to the Google wallet for payments using your phone? I’d rather not have Google know every purchase I make.

MP3Caprice is Ukrainian and apparently a bit dodgy in that it doesn’t pay the royalties it should. But I’ve bought from there in the past. These days I would use 7digital, although it’s more expensive

To me what matters most is not who owns it - on the grounds that all oligarchs are bastards - but where the HQ and operations are.

Mastodon is great for certain things, but not great as a broadcast medium. A European AT Protocol implementation is a better solution https://www.eurosky.social/

Not be able to buy or sell anything without a US company as intermediary does seem something of a risk in the current environment