This is a list of places where I like to buy (or would like to buy) my stuff, now that I try never to rely on Amazon and that I also avoid large corporate conglomerates.
The 👑 emoji means that there is a lifetime or similar long-term warranty on the products.
Books
- Audiobooks: Libro.fm (English), Audiolib (French)
- Ebooks: if you can, go directly on the publisher’s website. Options that often (but not always, check before buying!) are DRM-free:
- Physical :
- Recyclivre (France)
- Bookshop (UK-based)
- Paris librairies (France, click-and-collect)
- Public libraries:
- Wikisource (many languages) & Internet Archive (mostly English)
- Your local public library, obviously. It probably has ebooks, and not just physical books – check them out!
Beauty & hygiene
Clothes & accessories
- Camelback 👑 water bottles & backpacks
- Columbia 👑 sportswear and more
- Jansport 👑 backpacks
- Land’s End 👑 clothes
- L.L. Bean 👑 clothes, bags and more
- Loom clothes that are made to last
- Osprey 👑 backpacks
- Patagonia 👑 sportswear and more, including business casual
Electronics
- Commown (France) 👑 headphones, computers (laptop or desktop) & Fairphone smartphones. You pay monthly and it includes repairs & replacements whenever needed.
- Fairphone smartphone (5-year warranty and designed for easy repair)
Furniture & home decor
- Herman Miller chairs & desks, 12-year warranty on most products
- Le Creuset 👑 cookware
Other
General: gifts, small things…
- The classic, Etsy. You should look for sellers in your country to keep shipping costs (and pollution) low.
- Uncommon Goods is aggressively gendered but has some cute stuff
Changelog
- 2023-01-16
- Added:
- Books: Bookshop.uk
- Furniture: Herman Miller
- Removed:
- Books: Book Depository belongs to Amazon. Thanks for flagging, Allan!
- Added:
- 2023-01-15
- Added:
- Clothes: Loom
- Added:
- 2023-01-13
- Big addition: lifetime (or similar) warranty, signalled by 👑 emoji
- New section
- Changelog
- Electronics
- Other
- Full rewrite, completely different list
- Clothes & Accessories
- Furniture
- Added:
- Books: libraries, ebooks.com (thank you HermitCyclop)
@alexture For ebooks I use ebooks.com, it seems to be independantly owned and the few books I bough here were DRM-free, although I saw they sell some ebooks with DRM too.
@HCyclop ooo merci j’ai ajouté ! je t’ai pas crédité comme j’étais pas sûr que tu voulais ton nom là et que ton compte est privé, mais dis-moi si tu souhaites que je te mentionne dans le changelog !
@alexture I see you list Book Depository as an Amazon alternative. You might want to look up who owns BD…
@haverholm nooooooooooooooooo!!ok, i believe https://uk.bookshop.org/ is safe, i’ll switch it to that. thanks so much for telling me!