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[–] cowfodder@lemmy.world 116 points 1 week ago (2 children)

So continue what a lot of us were already doing?

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah but it's trendy now and will be for two or maybe even three whole days.

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

2 or 3 days won't even register on a weekly report if people buy the products that they didn't buy after the 3 days.

Just quit using them altogether. It is inconvenient and it is more expensive but making a stand should have a price. Otherwise it would have been just a sensible decision.

[–] 13igTyme@piefed.social 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hey, remember when millions of people didn't buy anything for a single day in protest to show how much power they had and hurt the corporations in the wallets?

Remember the next day when millions of people then bought the stuff they waited a day for.

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[–] arcterus@piefed.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Yeah, like, I canceled Prime nearly a year ago now and just shop elsewhere. I only buy from companies with shitty policies like these if there's no other realistic option (e.g. when something is only available on Amazon :/).

[–] Scrawny@reddthat.com 6 points 1 week ago

I checked a local store that said they closed their doors to the public and online orders only. Ok, I thought. I'll just order what I want and swing by. No. The order link sent me to Amazon and they only do it through them. Not even will-call it turns out. I gave up and figured I can live without it anyway.

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[–] AlexLost@lemmy.world 67 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm doing my part! I've boycotted them already for supporting the fascist dictator who threatened my country.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Let's not buy anything from them even harder!!

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I browse Amazon all the time. I add stuff to my cart and leave it for weeks. Then I delete it all.

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 48 points 1 week ago (3 children)

All parking lots with flock surveillance systems should be boycotted, at a minimum.

https://deflock.me/

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Be a real shame if you accidentally backed into one of those camera systems and knocked it over, too.

[–] Taldan@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

You'd likely have to pay for it

Much better way to get rid of them: Submit a FOIA request for their data. So far many cities are simply getting rid of them to prevent that data being public

Even if the government is happy to comply with the request, the data is a powerful tool to sway public sentiment. Camera near some bars? Request the data from 1:30-2:30 each weekend morning. Near a church? Request the Sunday morning data. Whole lot of people will realize how dangerous Flock cameras are when you anonymously post lists of people doing various things to one of those neighborhood apps

Note: The government can charge "reasonable" amounts based on costs incurred complying with a FOIA request. I recommend keeping your requests narrow as a result

[–] Glifted@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Fuck me they're everywhere

[–] bagsy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Dont forget all Amazon Ring cameras are part of Flock now.

[–] Naho_Zako@piefed.zip 35 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I'm pretty sure Target has been losing money and has even gotten a new CEO, so clearly what we've already been doing has been working. Save yourself money anyway.

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

tgt's last quarterly loss (negative net income) was over a decade ago, and it was just one quarter.

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[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 26 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I don't think companies ever sincerely embraced DEI: it was fashionable to gesture superficially at it to raise share value until it wasn't?

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Companies go along where the social pendulum swings. Only few companies genuinely care of social progress.

[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Capitalism is amoral, Millennials and younger folks think there's a way to correct for that, but there is not. Regulations have to impose our morality on it. Everything else is just marketing.

[–] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 week ago

Im not buying shit from anyone. Even my son's gift's this year will be sourced second hand and from small retailers. They made my vote woth nothing, I'm not buying their garbage landfill trash!

[–] Reiea@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 week ago

I would recommend cutting Amazon anyway. You don't realize how much useless junk you buy when it's just that easily available. I've saved so much money since I cut it.

[–] DarkSpectrum@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago

Involuntary boycott cause no one can afford jack shit rn

[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

I've been boycotting these stores since the inauguration.

TBH, I've been boycotting stores in general, thanks to the pedoeconomy.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I don't think a boycott is sufficient. We need to gum up the works. We need to enshittify as customers.

We need to waste employee time so they can't do things that are profitable for the company.

I've received death threats for saying this.

[–] modus@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (10 children)

What examples are there of wasting employee time?

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[–] Nurgus@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Buy stuff, unbox it, return it for a refund. Please only do this to big players like Amazon.

They pretend it's cheap but it's only cheap when it's a tiny percentage of their sales - the reality is returns are costly for all businesses.

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[–] mcv@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 week ago

I'm still boycotting Amazon for the poor treatment of their warehouse workers.

[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Ironically, Prime is where The Man in the High Castle adaptation came from.

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Y’all are still shopping at these places? It’s been over a year since I last went to HD (just before I found out about their pro-Trump donations) and even longer since I shopped from Target or Amazon. Fuck all three of them.

[–] MystValkyrie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If organizations want to make actual change, they need to stop it with the one-day boycotts. We shouldn't ever be giving these companies money. The longer you go without using Amazon and Target, the easier it gets.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

If organizations want to make actual change, they need to stop it with the one-day boycotts.

Same goes for one day protests. If you want the government to be changed it needs constant and increasing pressure.

[–] PeacefulForest@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Still boycotting big corps since inauguration. This made me find a refill store near me, repurpose more items (which actually looks real cool and saves me money), shop second hand, shop local for as much as possible.

Fuck em.

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wouldn't a buycot make more sense? Companies losing business will just blame it on the economy. Companies performing better than their competitors would be most likely to make the correlation.

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[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 week ago

The ol' ostracize as many customer demographics as possible strategy. Bold, let's see how it works out for em.

[–] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I was boycotting Amazon before boycotting Amazon was cool

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[–] TheMilk@lemdro.id 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If we stopped spending and went on a "hunger" strike. Don't buy anything for a month. Only buy necessities food for children, the elderly, pets. And simply not buy more than that the corporations would fold over easy. We would add more stress if we stopped going to work at the same time. But what do I know?

[–] bagsy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

this is my plan as well. my actual vote doesn't seem to matter since neither party gives a shit about the working class, so im voting with my wallet.

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[–] Jaberw0cky@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

I’ve been boycotting all US products and services online and offline since Trump 2.0. Now I’m working on avoiding the most stubborn things like Mastercard and visa, but I’m getting there.

[–] lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

come on, target. stop this foolishness. we need each other.

but you clearly need me way more than i need you.

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[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 6 points 1 week ago

this is good practice for organizing a general strike

[–] etherphon@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

We need to slow the roll on the whole holiday, it's gotten absolutely insanely out of hand.

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[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

In this current timeline, "boycott" just means millions of us are about to start shoveling millions of dollars out of the US economy and into the offshore accounts of healthcare companies that don't know what taxes even are, and those of us who don't die are going to be too poor to afford luxuries like "Amazon Prime" or "food."

[–] celeste@kbin.earth 5 points 1 week ago

Love an organized boycott!

[–] myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

Yes. Boycott target and Amazon. Do all your shopping at Walmart.

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