syphon7

I know I'm not up there checking...

Well you could just pay them illegally under the table. I'm ignorant about NZs economy, and you have good points/questions but I felt that it needed to be said.

In the US we have huge migrant groups that are responsible for a large amount of the harvesting in this country, and most are paid well under minimum wage. Not saying it's right... just how it is.

Sure, these are still valid concerns, but they are different when framed from an alliance/adversary point of view.

If they're in NATO then they're an ally.

Also, interesting you posted a Glenn Greenwald article - he has been accused by some people in the U.S. of dismissing things Russia has done recently in these fronts.

Not the same. Most EU countries are allied with the US. Most of them hold negative or downright hostile views towards Russia.

It's different. EU is in NATO with US (most of EU). Buying from an ally vs a non ally (or enemy depending, Ukraine for instance) is a very big difference.

They do, and they'll even redirect you to aws if you call the wrong one.

Hedge funds make insane amounts of money using arbitrage strategies.

The cost to build and maintain the services AWS gives you will be far more than just paying Amazon.