I urge you all to do your homework. All these devices are dependable on GPS (which is EXCLUSIVELY US system and a present/gift to the world) and/or your Android/iOS phone (again, EXCLUSIVELY US Systems).
So… replacing those products, just because they are associated with US companies, does nothing. They are produced in Asia, anyway.
It is like refusing to use american spoon to eat american eggs. The eggs are still american.
Don’t get me wrong, I am proEU and domestic production, but ditching companies like Garmin has nothing to do with empowering EU production and everything to do with spite. Same goes for Tesla (which, quite honestly, really IS a crappy car).
OPs particular watch (and many others, Garmin included) also supports Galileo, Glonass and Qzss. Same goes for smartphones. The term “GPS” these days is used for all kinds of satellite based positioning, not exclusively the American one.
And I think there’s nothing wrong with a little spite in these times. I’d rather my money go to an european company than to an american one, even though some of that money goes to asia further down the supply chain (which it does for almost any electronics, no matter where the company is based)
But I agree your comment about EU production!
“Multiband GNSS” is what this is called.
Gentle reminder that you should not use this as an excuse to buy things imo. I see too many people just replacing perfectly good items. It’s much better if there’s an anti consumption stance (use what you have, repair, buy used, buy, local, buy regionally) in that order.
As an addition: tech from American companies should be replaced. You can’t trust it. Android (as it exists in the Google ecosystem) is spyware, same with iOS. If you can’t replace those operating systems with your own (which is usually possible but complicated) then it’s really not a good idea to have them in your home.
