To cripple Amazon, you’d need to cripple a lot of the Internet, since they use AWS:
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Jokes on them, my jobs use Azure and GCP.
…as if they’re really any better.
Same. Especially as a European, I wish we could avoid critical dependencies on American companies.
A protest will not cripple an organisation. Only get them to pay attention.
I am so glad this is happening. I cancelled prime before this for how aweful amazon is for everyone.
Going on 4 years with my Amazon boycott, so I guess I’ll just… Continue as usual
Cancelled prime months ago. I will not shop at whole foods, I do not have any ring devices due to their lack of privacy (they will hand over your ring recordings to the police without a warrant, no questions asked) and I do not watch twitch anymore (twitch is shit now anyway with all the softcore porn)
I don’t use those products/services anyway except for amazon a handful of times a year (usually spending slightly over the free shipping minimum each time). I take the approach of minimizing my spending in general. If everyone had spending habits like me, the economy as we know it would collapse overnight.
Who has time to walk around looking for their needed items only to find that they are OUT OF STOCK, or no longer carry that product because their profit margin was too small.
If local companies would carry quality products on their shelf, and KEEP THEM IN STOCK, then I would shop local instead of ordering from online retailers.
Many people forget that “access to products” is very minimal to most. Many times, complete areas of the country are controlled by the same grocery stores, products are blocked from being sold, people must drive 1hr+ to get natural groceries of quality.
Shipping and delivery is becoming the new grocery store and shopping center.
Excuses, excuses. Things don’t change if you don’t do anything.
People live in cities. Cities don’t have those issues.
I live in a big city with multiple “stores” that all lack the quality items that I search for. I guess I’m unsatisfied with low quality “options” offered to make more profit for retail stores.
The opposite is true of privately owned stores with products. Most of the time specialty stores such as this have on hand the highest quality items, even with a markup, I am able to find the item to keep, instead of buying some throw away item at a retail store.
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Welcome to the boycott!
If anyone needs more reasons to boycott Amazon:
Continuing this pattern, our employers signed a contract called Project Nimbus to sell dangerous technology to the Israeli military and government. This contract was signed the same week that the Israeli military attacked Palestinians in the Gaza Strip – killing nearly 250 people, including more than 60 children. The technology our companies have contracted to build will make the systematic discrimination and displacement carried out by the Israeli military and government even crueler and deadlier for Palestinians.
I always use other companies, but this boycott is stupid. The people who want temporary boycotts are stupid.
No one cares about a few days.
Temporary boycotts work to get people used to longer, more permanent boycotts.
Temporary boycots work if they’re right before the end of the quarter because it’s fucks with their quarterly reports and therefore share value.
They should do it for 2 weeks right before the end of the fiscal quarter so the rebound isn’t reflected in the numbers.
I cancelled my account and 2 amazon branded credit cards. I also order all the tech for my company. I’ve been buying from b&h, best buy, staples a lot more. There are some things I have to get from amazon for work but I’ve been finding alternatives when possible.
Someone needs to create a browser extension to coordinate the masses and alert/intercept web traffic to boycotted products/services.
I was going to order some stuff on Amazon. Now I need to stop by home depot. Get this, you get the stuff right away! Like you just grab the stuff and pay for it.
Home depot I was pretty sure was also on that list? I know Lowe’s is.
How do we feel about watching twitch with ads blocked? I could go without watching for a week, no problem, though technically that would actually help Amazon, although in a infinitesimally small way…
The fact that this boycott has a time limit shows just how addicted people are to cheap consumer crap. Amazon’s got everyone by the balls, the only way to freedom is by ridding yourself of them permanently.
Buying from Amazon guarantees you pay 30% more for the item you’re purchasing than buying it directly from supplier. Use Amazon as a search engine then look for the supplier website and buy from them instead. Amazon’s only advantage is 2 day deliveries. Get over that and Amazon becomes obsolete. I can wait 7-10 days for underwear. lol
