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I've made a one-page guide to help with the latest call to action and hopefully help you discover some awesome Canadian tech (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by FallenWalnut@lemmy.world to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/42135952

There are a few Canada specific Social Media platforms coming up as well. EH Social and Monnett.Social are topping the list.

I hope this can help you or others make the switch to support a local business 💪

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[–] jupdown@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I was actually curious about the same thing but I guess while they're owned by a Japanese conglomerate, they were/are Canadian based? From their Wikipedia page:

Rakuten Kobo Inc., or simply Kobo, is a Canadian company that sells ebooks, audiobooks, e-readers and formerly tablet computers. It is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and is a subsidiary of the Japanese e-commerce conglomerate Rakuten. The name Kobo is an anagram of book.

[–] jupdown@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What a subtle detail... I'm actually disappointed in myself for not noticing this before:

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Their online book store is way more expensive than the competition, but if that's the cost of supporting some fellow Canadians, I'll gladly sacrifice my capital. 🫡

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

Kobo supports ePub; I just run my own Calibre server and buy my books from those who publish DRM free, or sign it out from my local library.