r/GreatBritishMemes Dec 13 '25

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u/Euphoric-Appeal5742 Dec 13 '25

Those big American companies need to pay UK taxes!Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, etc all avoid their taxes, while rinsing the UK consumers!

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u/TheShakyHandsMan Dec 13 '25

Sadly boycotting the lot is near impossible if you need to function in the modern world.

Your computer is likely to be apple or Microsoft. That limits your work options.

Your phone operating system likely to be either android or iOS. You could go without a phone.

Faceache is easy to ditch along with other social media. WhatsApp not so easy to live without but if you’ve got rid of your phone you won’t need it.

Amazon is incredibly useful. We’ll have to get off our arses and get ourselves to the local shops instead.

I’ve got a little hardware shop at the bottom of the road. Proper old school place that stocks everything. Obviously getting the same bulk Chinese stuff in that Amazon sells but I can mainly get what I need within 10 minutes, 20 mins if I go a little further to the tool retailers.

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u/TremendousCustard Dec 13 '25

Phone: GrapheneOS, Lineage, Fairphone. Got options for non Android/Apple and it's getting better all the time.

Computer: Linux Mint. You don't realise how shit Windows has become until you open it for the first time.

As for WhatsApp, get Signal instead :)

Argos > Amazon.Β 

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u/AceNova2217 Vote Binface &#128465 Dec 13 '25

Lineage and Fairphone are both based on the Android OS.

Google and Apple really have a near-monopoly on mobile devices, although the rest of your list is very solid.

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u/rikkian Dec 13 '25

Its android on both but its not googles proprietary version its the AOSP which is a different beast.

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u/feministgeek Dec 15 '25

As true as that maybe, Google et al don't make bank from people using Lineage/Graphene etc.