Jan Penfrat<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Tutanota" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Tutanota</span></a></span> </p><p>3. It gives praise to entities that don't deserve it just because they are "European". Point in case: the certainly well-intentioned <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@goeuropean" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>goeuropean</span></a></span> project, which recommends (among many very ethical companies) some really terrible "European alternatives", e.g.:</p><p>* <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Volkswagen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Volkswagen</span></a>, <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Audi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Audi</span></a>, that built cheat software into their cars to make them look cleaner<br>* <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Inditex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inditex</span></a>, <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Zalando" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zalando</span></a>, some of the worst <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/fastfashion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fastfashion</span></a> polluters<br>* <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/RedBull" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RedBull</span></a>, the drinks company owned by an Austrian far-right <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/billionaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaire</span></a></p>