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===Payment===
===Payment===


- <img src="https://fair-coin.org/sites/all/themes/bootstrap_faircoin/favicon.ico" height="16"/> **[Faircoin](https://fair-coin.org/)** is a socialist cryptocurrency. If you want privacy during online payments there is probably no way around cryptocurrencies and since this article is about avoiding surveillance capitalism, why not go with an anti-capitalistic currency? Faircoin's growth rate is controlled and steady to avoid speculations. It is not mined and energy consumption during transactions is low to minimize the ecological impact which is very high for other cryptocurrencies.
* '''[https://fair-coin.org/ Faircoin]''' is a socialist cryptocurrency. Faircoin's growth rate is controlled and steady to avoid speculations. It is not mined and energy consumption during transactions is low to minimize the ecological impact which is very high for other cryptocurrencies.
- Liberapay would be a great option for recurring payments/donations, but as it depends on Paypal and/or Stripe I can't recommend it (yet?).


===Online Stores===
===Online Stores===


- <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Basic_red_dot.png" height="16"/> **[FairMarket](https://market.fair.coop/shop)** for now is a very small online marketplace using FairCoins.
* '''[https://market.fair.coop/shop FairMarket]''' for now is a very small online marketplace using Faircoins.
- <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Emoji_u1f951.svg/1024px-Emoji_u1f951.svg.png" height="16"/> **[Avocado Store](https://www.avocadostore.de/)** (**Environmental Tip**) is once again an ethical choice I'm throwing in here. It is a shop for eco-fashion and home supplies where each product must fulfill at least one principle (like bio, long-lasting, recycled & recycleable, vegan,...)  
* '''[https://www.avocadostore.de/ Avocado Store]''' ('''Environmental Tip''') is once again an ethical choice I'm throwing in here. It is a shop for eco-fashion and home supplies where each product must fulfill at least one principle (like bio, long-lasting, recycled & recycleable, vegan,...)  
❗️Unfortunately the site is hosted on the Google cloud and contains Google tracking and all pictures are stored on the Amazon cloud.
❗️Unfortunately the site is hosted on the Google cloud and contains Google tracking and all pictures are stored on the Amazon cloud.
- <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Logo_willhaben.png/247px-Logo_willhaben.png" height="16"/> **[Willhaben](https://www.willhaben.at/iad)** (**Austria Tip**) is an online trading and reselling marketplace that is great to get your hand on anything second hand and commission-free. It's only for Austria though.
* '''[https://www.willhaben.at/ Willhaben]''' ('''Austria Tip''') is an online trading and reselling marketplace that is great to get your hand on anything second hand and commission-free. It's only for Austria though.


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