I've seen many threads suggesting products but they often don't mention FOSS projects, which should always be preferred to corporate software. With FOSS you are already boycotting capitalism, on either side. Free and Open Source ignores borders and shouldn't be categorized in nationalist terms, no matter where some of the maintainers happen to live.

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[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

If you are worried about US laws affecting FOSS projects, it can always be forked, perhaps even be rewritten.

[–] ksp@jlai.lu 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Of course, but what about the individual behind it, if it is someone who is also against their current government, while having to live in that country? It is tricky to ask how to reconcile the need for EU solutions while encouraging American citizens to fight against their system!

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 3 hours ago

FOSS devs can do FOSS work only because of the relative luxury conditions of their imperial core countries, which comes at the expense of global south countries.

In other words, they can do that because their countries imperialist relations with the global south, this is the reason that most FOSS projects come from the US and Europe.

In some way FOSS work is a way for these people to give back to the world, i think its fine to donate to these projects regardless of their location.