Unior is solid and european

I’m currently looking at their tools. They seem to be easily available from one place that I order stuff from.

Topeak and Birzman are from Taiwan I think. SKS from Germany but their core products are fender and pumps. Shimano PRO also has some good tools.

I read conflicting info on Topeak, but they do appear to be a Taiwanese company who manufacturers there, too. I’m fine with that if I need to go with them.

I’m very familiar with SKS, and you’re right, fenders tend to be their main product (here).

In Europe we have Decathlon with incredible value, but I don’t think they are present in Canada?

Yes, we do! My gravel bike is from Decathlon, and I agree that they offer excellent value. I didn’t consider them for tools, as most of their products are made in Asia, but I can certainly look if nothing else comes up.

For now, I think Unior is the best bet, especially if you’re looking at alternatives to Park Tool products.

Thank you, but bike multi-tools are fairly specialized and don’t usually belong to traditional tool brands 🙁

This is why the only Apple product I’ve owned was a free iPad. It feels claustrophobic to be trapped in their ecosystem.

Destroys their entire business model 😂

That’s because Tesla is a data collection company, not a car manufacturer 😂

They are still blaming Biden and Obama, though 😮‍💨

OPT OUT. OPT OUT! lol

if they’ve managed to consolidate all into one.

This.

We may feel safer with multiple aliases, email addresses, using different browsers, etc. but it’s not hard for them to combine data and know exactly what profile belongs to whom.

Not that we shouldn’t try, but it’s far more difficult for the average user to evade data collection than someone who is online for a very specific purpose (and is covering their tracks with every interaction).

Better to simply call them “the states”, because unity evaporated a while ago.

I’m just going to leave this here: https://github.com/awesome-vacuum/awesome-vacuum

Defending countries should NEVER be forced to demilitarize.

Nothing of value was lost.

That’s the problem, really. They all have pros and cons.

Kagi is American, so they are out for me. So is DuckDuckGo.

I don’t care if startpage uses the Google index, since Google isn’t profiting from my data or from ads.

Their servers are in the EU, and the balance between privacy and usable results is good enough.

I see it like using a third-party front end for YouTube. All of the benefits with none of the risks or private data theft.

Alternative?

But you likely haven’t claimed to be the top expert of all knowledge in the universe, have you? 🤫

Startpage.com

Better than qwant in my opinion.

He doesn’t even know the difference between windmills and wind turbines. Is anyone surprised? 🙄

The other 27% must not read the news, eh?

Even if you believe the US is an ally to whatever country you’re from (outside of Russia, of course), he’s proven to be untrustworthy and unreliable.

Looks like I’ll be buying American toilet paper after all! 😒

Even if “better” is just lack of nags.

Well, they just swap nags from “download our app” to “rate our app” no matter what you do, you’ll be nagged…