An app called NonUSA is surging in popularity in Denmark; it “helps you identify and avoid American products in everyday life”. (Ironically, iOS-only for now…)
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The "iOS-only" bit is the real issue here. An absolutely astonishing fraction of the world runs on US infrastructure (iOS, Android, AWS, Gmail, WhatsApp, Microsoft Office, etc.). Even more worrisome is the fact that Visa & Mastercard are inescapable in global retail, and it's already been made clear that they're willing to deny their services for political reasons.
Consider the ICC judge who's been de-platformed by Trump.
At least some of the banks in Europe are starting to wake up to this unpleasant reality.
Step up to the plate Shopify. Might be wrong but I don’t think they’re on AWS, have a huge portion of the e-commerce landscape, just need their own credit card infrastructure.
I missed that this article was a few weeks old. NonUSA is now available on Android and the web.
They missed a good joke by not region-blocking US addresses.
We've had apps like this in Canada for a year now. Buy Beaver is maybe the most creatively named.
Their site is hosted by Amazon.
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