[-] PheasantPlucker@feddit.uk 3 points 5 months ago

Something like this, from Sweden? https://www.auk.com/?country=US

[-] PheasantPlucker@feddit.uk 4 points 6 months ago

There'll always be a place for travel agents

[-] PheasantPlucker@feddit.uk 7 points 7 months ago

Does anyone know of an alternative to the Google wallet for payments using your phone? I'd rather not have Google know every purchase I make.

[-] PheasantPlucker@feddit.uk 2 points 7 months ago

MP3Caprice is Ukrainian and apparently a bit dodgy in that it doesn't pay the royalties it should. But I've bought from there in the past. These days I would use 7digital, although it's more expensive

[-] PheasantPlucker@feddit.uk 4 points 8 months ago

Nokia was the European Google (i.e tech giant) The reason there's no European Google is due to undercapitalization and market fragmentation. Most of the US doesn't have these things either. It's all located in a small part of California

[-] PheasantPlucker@feddit.uk 8 points 8 months ago

Not be able to buy or sell anything without a US company as intermediary does seem something of a risk in the current environment

[-] PheasantPlucker@feddit.uk 2 points 8 months ago

I wonder how they finance it. I guess the owner charges a fee to the mobile phone networks

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Mark 10 years since the brexit referendum

[-] PheasantPlucker@feddit.uk 7 points 9 months ago

Zombie apocalypse is a good thing, and least in this context. "the collapse of low-productivity firms, which will be replaced by more productive equivalents."

[-] PheasantPlucker@feddit.uk 8 points 9 months ago

The good news is that the houses are still there and they are still fully occupied.

[-] PheasantPlucker@feddit.uk 3 points 9 months ago

"Last year, its stores attracted 924 million visits, making it the third-most visited supermarket in America after Kroger and Publix." Later on the article says there are 1 billion visits annually, so it seems that Aldi had 10% of footfall, which is pretty impressive penetration.

[-] PheasantPlucker@feddit.uk 8 points 9 months ago

That's just how Germans write

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a change in Google’s search algorithms last year to prioritise helpful content from discussion forums appears to have been a significant driver.

Maybe an opportunity for reddit!

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