This Saskatchewan resident welcomes BC to the more sane way of life!

Welcome to Lemmy.

Why, why is the boggy group of Anti Fasciats being brought up as a worry in Canada?

I know what I am going to say has nothing to do with the actual post so please accept my apology as I do not mean to be insensitive.

Censorship would be a good enough reason to uninstall your Reddit app, and to stop using Reddit. I personally uninstalled the app when the boycott the US started as I do not want to be paying a US company, with my eyeballs as I scroll past ads. I still have an account but I do not use it, other than the very rare time I promote Lemmy. Would I go onto Reddit now to promote Lemmy because of this article being censored? No, but maybe you could. It is rewarding to see people make the switch after you say something but this is not my place to do it.

I think someone at Open AI watched Person of Interest, and thought how can we get more data?

They want Canada to pay for Alaska that is all covering us in Trumps piss coloured dome.

Look at all the white guys yelling out “my weenie is small!”

What did ChatGPT tell the OpenAI people that they could play 1984, but opening those pod bay doors is something that cannot be closed.

And he thinks Mexico is going to go on with a trade deal without Canada.

I have stopped directly paying for all Amazon things, I just wish there was a way to get the net off of AWS.

They dated the same couch at most I bet you.

The relationship may not be dead, but it is never going to be as strong as it once was.

He is a back bencher who wants to be the conservative leader.

I read mega wrong, I hate Trump and his maga army of followers.

How’s about never stop the boycott.

Does Trump care about the farmers, when his billionaire buddies who own massive amounts of land to have businesses run the farms.

What? I am in Canada and we are doing a buy Canadian.

Remove the “smart TV’s” from the internet all together.

I use wireguard and duckdns.org, instead of paying for a static IP (even though I am fairly sure my ISP turned the rotating off as the fibre connects have a static IP but I don’t have fibre yet). In my I past I had a very basic over the web TV package from my ISP but at the beginning of 2925 that was canncelled, talk about easiest cancel plan when they try to down grade me more to keep me in the package I just said no I do not pay for US channels I do not use. I had the TV package just in case something big was happening and I wanted to watch CBC or if there was a CFL game on. I just pay for Gem every month and TSN+ during the CFL season.

I have been telling myself I just need that one last part for my home theatre pi and then it will be ready for a while, but something is always preventing me from getting it or something did not work. I just need to get an NVMe drive now and then I will be ready for it, I think. I have a system set up with pi’s 2 pi 5’s each operate pihole among other things, but one of them also hosts my *arr apps and Jellyfin server. I have a pi 0 2 hosting wireguard so that I can watch my movies and shows away from my LAN. Trump’s 51st state thing broke me and I started sailing the high C’s again, no looking back but if you do not want to be like me set up pihole so when you go to a channels web app on a “smart TV” or a box you do not get bogged down with the same four ads.

But do support Canadian and pay for and watch CBC gem content. Not saying go crazy and watch the news all the time but they do have some great shows.

This appears to me to be like etransfer. I would love to see Canada do something similar to this but with etransfer.

Edit: so I have decided to start pushing companies to start excepting etransfers, I started with Skip I live in Saskatchewan so that is the only real big Canadian delivery system I could think of. Here is my email if anyone else wants to do it. I sent it to two email addresses that may work with skip as well as CBC market place. If people like my idea can we work together to push companies to do it?

[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Dear SkipTheDishes Team,

I am writing to urge SkipTheDishes to offer payment options that do not rely on U.S.-based credit card networks such as Visa and Mastercard, for example Interac e-Transfer as a practical alternative to cash.

An increasing number of Canadians are actively boycotting U.S. financial infrastructure, including Visa and Mastercard, due to concerns about data sovereignty, privacy, and the ongoing commercialization of consumer transaction data. These networks do far more than process payments; they extract, analyze, and resell transaction level data, often to advertisers and third parties, at the expense of both consumers and merchants.

While cash is sometimes suggested as an alternative, it is not a realistic or accessible solution for many people. Many Canadians do not regularly carry cash, and accessing it can be inconvenient or costly. In a digital-first service like food delivery, telling customers to “just use cash” effectively excludes those who are intentionally avoiding U.S. credit card networks while still needing a functional, modern payment method.

This issue is gaining international attention. In Europe, banks, governments, and businesses are actively working to reduce dependence on Visa and Mastercard, with initiatives such as the Wero digital wallet and broader efforts to reclaim payment sovereignty. These moves reflect a growing recognition that payment systems are not neutral infrastructure, but powerful data and economic control points.

As a Canadian company, SkipTheDishes has an opportunity to align with this shift by supporting Canadian, debit-based payment options like Interac e-Transfer. Doing so would respect consumer choice, reduce reliance on U.S. controlled intermediaries, and demonstrate leadership on privacy, data protection, and economic independence.

Providing a non–credit card payment option would make SkipTheDishes more accessible to customers participating in this boycott while reinforcing trust that customer data is not being unnecessarily monetized.

Thank you for your consideration. I hope SkipTheDishes will take this concern seriously and explore more privacy-respecting, Canada-centric payment options.

Sincerely, Reann Legge