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[โ€“] huppakee@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

I agree you need to take into account how much money, time and effort you are able or willing to spend on eu-alternarives. I think you are right in allowing yourself to make choice based on your circumstances and being ok that.

But it's also fair to let others make their own choices and letting them choose which purchase they want to make according to whatever scale they please.

You wrote in another post about Californian raisins being labeled as a European product because they were sold by a European company, I agree this is a bit misleading. But my point is, that a European company buying something from US can be seen as a better alternative to a US company selling the same product.