Everyone has a plan until they get stabbed in the belly by a smaller opponent.

Das mit der Erhältlichkeit und den Lieferzeiten ausländischer Bücher ist bei mir auch immer ein Frustrationspunkt bei den kleinen Buchläden, dabei will ich nichtmal was exotisches, nur Sachen aus UK/USA…

A big factor when changing messengers (at least for me) is losing the upstream of years and years of searchable messages in the same app

Thank you for contributing to the critical mass o7

I joined Signal for the very few people in my contact list that use it, but I am holding out for the further establishment / gaining traction of a non-walled-garden solution before I start evangelizing Signal… So that I don’t get more people to switch, and then after a few months/years have to try to get them to switch again e.g. to a Matrix solution (and once again losing my chat history in the process).

I wouldn’t mind if the title wasn’t meant to lure you in under false pretenses.

It makes it seem as though OP is thinking about writing a song to a loved one, and only when you open the post you see what it is actually about.

Would be interesting to see the breakdown by country (but difficult privacy-wise).

Usually 2 - 4 times a week, I’d say. (Germany)

Think again, Jimmy. You see, the pickles that you like so much are made with - yep, vinegar.

Well done! My bank supports Wero by now, but it took a long time and I wish I had sent a request to show user support in the earlier stages …

1. Vote with my money - only ever buy books outside of Amazon, which is easier here in Germany, as the price for domestic books is fixed. For other products I could do more; I try to be more aware about which brand is European and choose those if the price difference is not too crass (like recently buying USB chargers from Intenso despite the higher price point).

2. I do talk with friends, family, colleagues about these topics. Now that I finally joined the Fediverse after years of “I’ll have to look into that”, I am asking around about that and already had some others look into it. I am positive some will join one of the platforms.

3. However, I am not involved in any organized movements and I do not have stickers (which I would use if I had them) or flyers (which I probably would not carry around).

As to your point

• I have friends moving off Meta etc., but it all seems… sporadic and unorganized. Without collective movement at colleges and campuses I don’t see how these things will ever actually grow.

… I am more optimistic about that. A lot of people are more or less consciously aware that the US-based data miners might not have our best interest in mind. Every one of us that migrates can do a lot in their own sphere of influence simply by telling people about it and encouraging them to maybe, for now, just add another platform, have a look around.

E.g., it took some years, but more and more people in my circle use signal, and some of them exclusively. Why could it not be similar for feddit/lemmy, mastodon and pixelfed*. Hell, just tell them they might still get their preferred user name if they sign up now!

* except for the atrocious loading times

Überlest diese wichtige Info am Anfang des Artikels nicht, bevor ihr zu den Anbietern scrollt, ist vielleicht nicht jedem klar:

In vielen Ländern kann Amazon dem Buchhandel mit günstigen Preisen gefährliche Konkurrenz machen. In Deutschland ist das nicht möglich – wir haben die Buchpreisbindung. Das bedeutet, dass Bücher einen Festpreis haben, der überall gilt […].

Das heißt, dass jedes aktuelle Buch im Laden um die Ecke den gleichen Preis hat, wie bei Amazon oder bei jedem anderen Versand. […]

(Hervorhebung von mir)

Das bedeutet, der Bücherkauf ist die beste Gelegenheit, mal wieder einen kleinen Laden im Ort zu unterstützen!