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A Harris Poll revealed that 20% of Americans support boycotting companies aligning with Trump’s agenda, including major brands like Amazon, Target, and Tesla.

Boycotts are driven by dissatisfaction with companies rolling back diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, with 46% citing DEI rollbacks as a reason.

Support for boycotts is stronger among younger, non-white, and Democratic demographics. Some boycotts, like the “Latino Freeze Movement” and religiously motivated Target boycotts, are coordinated within communities.

Companies cite legal pressures for DEI changes, while critics view it as a moral compromise.

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[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 45 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's really not that hard to boycott Amazon, at least their store. There's an entire Internet full of other shopping sites available. AWS is a different story though, since a huge chunk of the Internet runs on it and it's not easy to tell which online services use it.

[–] sloppychops@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if there's a way to block AWS? I've no idea how these things work, but surely there's some sort of signature that is readable and therefore blockable?

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 8 points 11 months ago

Problem is there is no telling what kind of backend microservices a website may be using unless you're literally a developer of the website. There are so many things AWS does besides just web hosting. You might be able to tell, for example, that some http server is using Apache or Nginx software, but there's no way to tell how the backend database or authentication systems do their thing.