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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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[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I boycott Twitter and Instagram and Reddit, Starbucks, most of the US save for New York state because of the politics, Kellogg's, and, Loblaws grocery stores. Those are just off the top of my head. I should honestly boycott more.

[–] Bloodwoodsrisen@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Boycott? Nothing. Avoid like the plague? Apple, Windows, consoles like Xbox and PlayStation, Activision Blizzard and probably others I can't remember rn.

Nintendo gets a pass as I've grown up with them. Starting with a regular old DS Lite, then to a DSI XL, then the 3DS XL, and now a Switch.

[–] ExLisper@linux.community 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I don't buy any Catalan products and avoid Catalan online stores.

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[–] padge@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago

Activision Blizzard and Ubisoft because of their abhorrent workplace and business practices. Been boycotting AB since the whole Hong Kong thing, and Ubisoft since the sexual harassment allegations. It also helps that all their games for a while have been mid ow worse.

Still trying to decide if I should draw the line at not giving them money, or not using it at all when it's something I've already paid for

[–] WhoRoger@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Steam, last year I logged in via browser to check something, and it was showing I've not been online for 8 years.

Fuck Steam and this whole drm/application crap they normalised. Yes others are worse, but I'm not accepting it.

[–] ech0@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

No offense but this is a bad take. They didn't normalize DRM. DRM was a thing before steam was around. And DRM companies like Denuvo are going to Game Devs and Publishers to sell them their DRM, not steam.

You're mad at the wrong company.

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[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Is your username a Chitty Chitty Bang Bang reference?

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[–] tallwookie@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

AMD, for the last 17 years. I had an ATI card and it broke so I needed to RMA it but thats when AMD bought them out & the RMA'd card failed as well, within 48 hours - so I RMA'd again and again, same issue. RMA'd again and again, same issue. tossed the card & started using only Nvidia and have never had an issue since. fuck AMD.

cant think of anything I actively boycott, though I do avoid products that have overly enthusiastic marketing campaigns.

[–] Clipper152@lemm.ee -4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I plan on eventually boycotting English as much as I can. Both because of what global English represents, and to counteract the massive international pressure to do everything in English and its consequences.

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