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What are you boycotting right now and why? Are there any Boycotts you've ended? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by TootSweet@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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This post is somewhat inspired by a recent post in this same community called "Is anyone else having trouble giving up Reddit due to content?"

I imagine "Reddit" will be a common answer. (And it's one of my answers.)

Another of my answers is "Hasbro." First Wizards of the Coast (a Hasbro subsidiary) tried to revoke an irrevokable license and screw over basically all 3rd-party publishers of D&D content, then they sent literal mercinaries to threaten one of their customers over an order mixup that wasn't even the customer's fault. D&D: Honor Among Thieves and the latest Transformers look really good, but those are within the scope of my boycott, so I won't be seeing those any time soon.

Third, Microsoft. (Apple too, but then I've never bought any Apple devices in my life, so it hardly qualifies as a boycott.) Just because of their penchant for using devices I own against me in every way they can imagine. And for really predatory business practices.

One boycott that I've ended was a boycott of Nintendo. I was pissed that they started marketing The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (though it didn't have a name at the time) before the WiiU came out, prompting me to be an early adopter of the WiiU, and then when they actually released BotW, they dual-released it on WiiU and Switch. I slightly eased my boycott when the unpatchable Fusee Gilee vulnerability for the first batch of Switches was discovered. I wanted to get one of the ones I could hack and run homebrew on before they came out with a model that lacked the vulnerability.

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[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Microsoft, Google

[–] AvaAmazing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago

Right now I've completely given up candy and soda for about 3 years now. I hate the business practices of candy companies and how they target children and make their shit as addictive as possible. They use ultra vibrant packaging to get kids eyes to lock to the product and they know kids will beg for it until they get it and they put it on their eye level and on the sides of the checkout lines.

The entire candy thing is just scummy and I hate it so much. I personally see it as legal drugs for children.

[–] Leviathan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

-Reddit, for obvious reasons

-all food delivery apps, the service is absolute garbage

-I'm vegetarian as long as I'm cooking for myself, for environmental reasons

-a bunch of musicians who proved to be fucking morons in the last 8 years or so

[–] waterbogan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I’m trying to avoid products made in China, with varying success.

Am also vegetarian if I get the choice (which isnt always)

Edit; I appear to also be boycotting fast fashion if unintentionally. I wear clothes until they are worn out and then some

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

Reddit Etsy Ebay Trovo

I try to avoid : Google, twitch, youtube & Amazon

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What did Etsy do?

[–] Lazylazycat@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I want to know this too! I haven't heard of any beef with etsy before.

[–] daniskarma@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I would love to end reddit boicot.

But the reddit app font is just to tiny for me use, and you can't change it without changing your whole phone font. I tried red reader but it is so ugly I can't use it.

So here I am, still boicoting reddit. I suppose it's not even a boicot anymore. I just don't like the product anymore.

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[–] mycotropic@geekdom.social 2 points 2 years ago

@TootSweet I've injested food from chickfila once in my life and entered a walmart four times and purchased something twice. As an adult I've been in Texas twice and spent some money there both times, once on a motorcycle tour and once for a conference. I will not go back again for any reason until they reinstate human rights. Same with Florida and a few other states. I know that there're good people there and in the two businesses I mentioned but I'll go elsewhere, thanks.
#EndFacism #NazisRaus

[–] iforgotmyinstance@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

In and Out for banning mask usage at their stores in CA.

Keep in mind I live in California so it's kind of everywhere. And tasty. And cheap.

But it aint right, let your employees wear a mask of they need to or want to.

Oh chik fil a too but that's been going on for like... over ten years? I almost forgot they existed, with their overcooked chicken.

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