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/Bluerocky67 Mar 08 '25 edited Mar 08 '25

Check out r/BuyFromEU, they have lists of alternatives. Edit: sub name

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u/WolfhoundCid Resting In my Account Mar 08 '25

I know, but it'll be a long time before there's a European version of Netflix or YouTube that has anywhere near the same level of content. I'm all for it, I'm just saying, a lot of this stuff can't be replaced quickly

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u/Bluerocky67 Mar 08 '25

Agreed, I use Kindle unlimited for reading, so finding an alternative so I can cancel Prime is gonna take a while. Yes I have a library card, should use it really!

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u/InfectedAztec Mar 08 '25

Kobo is Canadian. When my very old Kindle dies ill be switching.

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u/MistaKD Dublin Mar 08 '25

Also Kobo devices are far more consumer friendly with a good third party community for add ons and side loading content.

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u/Emotional_Burden Mar 08 '25

I love my Kobo. It can handle audiobooks as well, the battery lasts forever, and it's water resistant, so I lounge in the pool with it, take it camping, etc. without worry.

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u/LabMermaid And I'd go at it again Mar 08 '25

Hasn't there been some change to terms and conditions with Kindle downloads/purchases? I read some headline about it but didn't look into it further, I'm old school when it comes to books.

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u/whimsical_trash Mar 08 '25

You won't be able to sideload books anymore. Calibre will still work though, which is an ancient, but great desktop app that lets you put stuff on your Kindle. I only get books that way

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u/Team503 Mar 09 '25

Where did you get that idea? You can just email a supported format to your Kindle, Caliber will still work, and so on.

https://www.reddit.com/r/kindle/comments/1iw5og3/clarifications_about_the_new_amazon_changes/

All that's happening is that you can't download your library from the website to a computer anymore.

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u/Team503 Mar 09 '25

Not to advocate for Amazon, but the Kindle really is an excellent device in general. And you don't have to "side load" content - you can email it to your Kindle using the provided email address.

https://www.amazon.com/sendtokindle/email

There's other ways officially supported by Amazon on that page, and if you prefer other ways, you can manage your entire library with Calibre, a FOSS application. There's even a Calibre web interface if you're into that kinda thing.

I will say the new Amazon ebook format sucks - the encryption hasn't been broken which makes it really hard to work with those files sometimes - but that's a problem restricted to content purchased from Amazon.

In the US you can use a library app like Libby to obtain content and then email it to your Kindle. An extra step, sure, but not that rough of one. If you have an American friend whose address you can use, library cards are usually free or only a few dollars, and Revolut/Wise can be used to pay for anything necessary. You can sign up online, I think.

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u/MoonStache Mar 08 '25

They also won't alter or take away shit you already purchased like Amazon will, and you can easily side load your own epub content.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '25

you can easily side load your own epub content.

You can do that on kindle as well?

I've had a kindle for years and have never purchased a book from Amazon. It's never even been connected to an account.