It’s good to support democratic values with our purchases.
But I wonder, for example re smartphones, how many of these alternatives are just European badges on a collection of parts made in China (even less of a democracy than Trump-ruled USA).
Taking Punkt as an example, I did various Qwant searches and came no closer to finding out where their phones and/or components are actually manufactured. (Very clear where the company is headquartered; “Swiss” and “Switzerland” are mentioned every 10 words :D , .ch domain, office in Lugano. But they never say that’s where the phones are manufactured.)
It’s good to support democratic values with our purchases.
But I wonder, for example re smartphones, how many of these alternatives are just European badges on a collection of parts made in China (even less of a democracy than Trump-ruled USA).
Taking Punkt as an example, I did various Qwant searches and came no closer to finding out where their phones and/or components are actually manufactured. (Very clear where the company is headquartered; “Swiss” and “Switzerland” are mentioned every 10 words :D , .ch domain, office in Lugano. But they never say that’s where the phones are manufactured.)