To cripple Amazon, you'd need to cripple a lot of the Internet, since they use AWS:
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It all sucks anymore anyways. I’m ok with that! We can all self-host lemmy elsewhere.
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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.
Organizing people to do something is useful on its own.
A protest will not cripple an organisation. Only get them to pay attention.
I'm doing my damndest to boycott Amazon outright out of principle. I still have to order work-related items occasionally (small remote town, options are limited for speed of delivery), but other than that they haven't really been getting much out ofe the past few weeks.
Honestly a lot of small vendors can still get you stuff in two days if they use prioriy mail or UPS.
It really depends, and in my world of electrical parts they want ridiculous shipping prices for a quick turnaround often enough, to the point where it's either cheaper and faster to drive the hour or so to the closest larger city, or just bite the bullet and use Amazon.
Digikey is the worst about that
Same with Mouser, Zoro, and Grainger
I dont get why most Amazon protests im hearing from my countrymen are time bound. You're just saying loudly and proudly "i cant live without amazon".
Get a backbone, Americans. You dont need Amazon.
Sigh well stores closed. Sears, party city, Joann's, chunk of malls leaving fewer alternatives. If khols closes I'm screwed for clothes.
Walmart funds heritage foundations so never going there. Besides everything is locked up and disorganized.
My maga fil loves TEMU. Like dude....
Thrift stores, Ross, Costco.. You're not without options my friend.
No Costco near me and never heard of Ross.
Plenty of thrift and dollar stores.
Though I get the spirit of what you are saying driving 30 minutes one way to a specific store is kind of lame.
No, u. pats myself on the back
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Yeah, kind of defeats the purpose. Especially if you announce ahead of time that it's time bound.
Why would Amazon change a single thing when they know it's only one day or one week?
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Going on 4 years with my Amazon boycott, so I guess I'll just... Continue as usual
I am so glad this is happening. I cancelled prime before this for how aweful amazon is for everyone.
I canceled over This. Cost increase for football.
I did still have a couple things on subscribe, and just canceled those as well. Seeing as I wouldn't be buying anything during the boycott anyway.
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)
This boycott needs to extend for weeks. We can’t let corporations dictate our ways our life without reminding them they’re nothing without us.
TIL Amazon bought twitch
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.
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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 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.
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Welcome to the boycott!
I've already paused my prime membership. Ez to avoid the rest.
damn forgot they had twitch
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.
Someone needs to create a browser extension to coordinate the masses and alert/intercept web traffic to boycotted products/services.
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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.
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.
Yeah, I have a Home Depot less than 5 min from me. But now I just go the extra distance to Canadian Tire for a lot of the supplies that I usually got from Home Depot. It's not as convenient, takes longer, and some of those items may cost a little more, but that doesn't matter to me anymore. I know some items will be American, and that there are no Canadian equivalents, but I'm just trying to avoid US-made products wherever I can.
I've been seeing this headline all week, and didn't think much of it, since I basically never buy from Amazon. But I'd forgotten they own Twitch. And boy, do I use a lot of Twitch. Unfortunately, in the way of money, it's pretty much all subscriptions that are already paid for. None of those are coming up for renewal next week, that I could cancel. I could definitely just not watch anything next week, but the union that organized this says they're looking for drops in sales. Not watching would only contribute to that if I would have been served ads. I'm wondering if I should instead try spread the word of the boycott, in the streams I watch.
I dunno, what do y'all think?
It's rough. I think for it to make an impact on the twitch side of things, the streamer would need to be the one to make the stand. Afterall, your subs are already paid for; nothing more you could really do other than avoid the site for a week.
I've been trying to directly donate rather than subbing as a workaround. Keep my entertainment and support streamers I watch while limiting my support of twitch. With a proxy to avoid ads of course
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