For me it’s more about supporting local businesses. If we want to gain more consumer independence from the US, we need to support our own businesses, big or small. I give preference to smaller businesses of course. Of course, being purist about it is not a good thing either imo.

Eh, not really. A jaded, older and experienced Batman was a nice change to me at the time, who was a young comic book fan. I quite liked their take (still do).

Lol, so WhatsApp and Telegram have the same, by their definition, vulnerability

Why though? Some of the biggest distros aren’t even based in the US but rather in Europe.

Most brands have their own webshops. I’ve always bought Cars jeans, Dutch AFAIK, but recently bought a pair of Kuyichi jeans, who are also Dutch. Though never online. I always buy in store. Not sure if their own webshops ship to Germany, but I’m sure there are some shops in Germany that do. Of course, there’s also C&A and ArmedAngels that have their own webshops, who are both German.

it could’ve been

Holy shit. Yeah, and it could also have been you. We don’t know right? Just use common sense right?