We worked the last months on a new completely ad-free database for European products, brands, services and companies. A few days ago we released the site. The website focuses on usability with a simple search form and a clear structure. After the technical development we are now in the process of filling the database with content.
If you have any feedback, we would appreciate it. If you like it and want to share it, we appreciate that too. :)
Thanks in advance!
Let’s forget not to buy Canadian products
Great idea but you’re not going to make it if you don’t accept submissions and have some sort of process to have them vetted by a community of helpers of some kind.
Also, I can’t help but noticing:
buyeuropean@lemmy.ca to Buy European@feddit.uk
🙂
That is great feedback, thank you!
We definitely want to make it more interactive. First of all submitting suggestions. Then we might add ratings and comments.
To be honest, I am new to the whole Fediverse technology and am still trying to wrap my head around it - so I created two accounts which I guess I did not need. Never stop learning! 😅
No I meant, it’s amusing that Buy-European is a community on a UK instance and you - the OP - are on a Canadian one 🙂 But it’s cool, no problem.
Oh! See, a lot to learn. I’m sure I will figure it out at some point. 🫠
No no you’re fine. The instance really doesn’t matter.
Canva (an Australian company) bought Serif not long ago, so Affinity Photo is technically Australian software now. Might want to update that list ^^
We are still evaluating how to assess that as the company Serif is still located in the UK AFAIK which means that they work under European legislation. If they should start to shift everything to Australia that would change but right now we check for the company address and not for the owners of that company - definitely up for discussion what’s better.
I just think it’s hard to address that as for example publicly traded companies are usually owned by several investors and might even be hold in majority by foreign investors - but the company itself has to follow regional laws which is what we focus on.
That’s fair, thanks for expanding on the criteria! Serif is indeed still located in the UK, I had a look before commenting. The address of the company headquarters matters, for sure.
for example publicly traded companies are usually owned by several investors and might even be hold in majority by foreign investors - but the company itself has to follow regional laws which is what we focus on.
Absolutely. Ubisoft is a great example of that. Last time I checked, Tencent owns a bunch of shares there - not enough for a majority, yet it’s still a concern for the future.
The site is bookmarked and I’m looking forward to watching it develop!
