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Apps for boycotting American products surge to the top of the Danish App Store


European consumers are fighting back against the U.S. following Trump’s threats to take control of Greenland, a Danish territory. As a result, two mobile apps that offer a way to determine if products are made in America, then suggest local alternatives, have surged to the top of the Danish App Store in recent days.

The boost in downloads comes as Danish consumers have been organizing a grassroots boycott of American-made products, which also included canceling their U.S. vacations and ditching their subscriptions to U.S.-based streaming services, like Netflix.

Across both iOS and Android, two apps, NonUSA and Made O’Meter, have entered the top 10 this month, according to new data from market intelligence provider Appfigures.

in reply to ByteOnBikes

The irony of this being about the apple and Google app stores is palpable.
in reply to Cătă 🇷🇴🇺🇦🇲🇩🇪🇺

obviously, not via their app stores. the EU really needs to slap them harder, especially apple in this case, for their malicious compliance.
in reply to doleo

I would love to move away from Google. However, Danish security apps require Google Play for security verification so it isn't viable to move away from mainstream Android and Google Play - unless it's to Apple, which is hardly better.
in reply to gjoel

No, your government should be moving away from using an american company for 'security' verification.
in reply to gjoel

Hopefully this episode gives the Danish government reason enough to get away from American owned tech.
in reply to doleo

I didn't ask you how they shouldn't get it. I asked you how they should. Like, only one way. Because even on Android, the average user is not gonna use F-Droid and using an apk file is simply not practical for many. Sure, you get users, but if your goal is to make it easier for the majority of the people, they sure as hell will not download F-Droid just for one specific app. Besides that, it is also a market opportunity. I'm sure the devs of these apps also make some good money on these.

As for Apple... sure, there is AltStore, but how many people are using it yet?

in reply to Cătă 🇷🇴🇺🇦🇲🇩🇪🇺

Ideally? People find FOSS apps on FOSS app platforms and on FOSS news, websites and social media. But maybe that's a pipe dream. Doesn't make their comment any less true.
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in reply to ByteOnBikes

Nice, just got both apps. They both look like they’re vibe coded though :/
in reply to Pechente

Not listed in the article: I like Detrumpez Vous best. It has been around for a while, and yes, it is offered in English as well.

play.google.com/store/apps/det…

in reply to catdog

Nice, it’s also just a barcode scanner instead of failure prone image recognition. Its index seems rather small though, first 3 items I scanned were not in the database.
in reply to catdog

Mmm. Thank you. Much better and not running in a weird integrated browser tab.
in reply to ByteOnBikes

Not lost on me that our brothers the Danes are being targeted along with us in Canada. Super Nazi throwback. Fuck U S A
in reply to ByteOnBikes

The EU could redeem itself and start pumping money into postmarketos or sailfish.
in reply to The Octonaut

A largely useless collection of failed colonizers.
in reply to 01011

Failed?

I'll have you know, some of us didn't even try!

Since the 400s anyway.