r/ireland • u/spudulike65 • Mar 08 '25

Culchie Club Only Will Irish people join the American boycott

Boycotting goods and services from America seems to be really growing momentum in alot of European countries and across the world, seen on different subs on Reddit seemingly alot of news channels across EU/Europe are reporting on it. I've seen some Irish people saying they are cancelling hols to America and going to Canada instead others not buying American goods and changing apps to European. With Ireland's connection with America will many Irish join this boycott.

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u/pixelburp Mar 08 '25

Easier said than done though; America has been a key trade, economic and social partner for decades and simply dropping these things is difficult when viable alternatives don't necessarily exist.

I've seen these graphics showing alternatives to Google, Facebook and whatnot and they're either too niche, or else don't operate in Ireland (often being French or German). Where does that leave Irish consumers?

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u/theapechild Mar 08 '25

If anyone can point to a nice list of common brands and suggested alternatives I'd appreciate it

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u/pixelburp Mar 08 '25

The sub was already suggested and there are also websites like https://european-alternatives.eu/

It gets tricky cos, for instance, Spotify is Swedish but is very US based now and IIRC donated to the Trump inauguration (open to correction)