Amazon Boycot March 7-14th | No Purchases. Its time to disrupt the system.

[bigbenis@lemmy.world]

Or how about you just stop buying from that cancerous blight on our society altogether?

[dragontypewyvern@midwest.social]

Or just stop using them entirely, right now, because the only service they have an uncontested lead in is, ironically, audiobooks.

I know, I know. You might have to physically go to a store. The HORROR.

[dragontypewyvern@midwest.social]

But if I pay $20 a month I don't have to spend $15 on shipping!

[Guest]

Haven't bought almost anything from Amazon in decades. I think Jeff Bezos got like 13 $ from me. Ever. Period.

There have always been better or just as good deals elsewhere (i.e. eBay). And I think that people do not realize that more than 50% of offered stuff can be obtained CHEAPER when bought directly from the seller/producer.

Just write an eMail and... off you go.

[Guest]

I don't think advocating people do nothing while vaguely gesturing at doing more while offering no alternatives or next steps is meaningful action.

[Guest]

Wellp, at least we can torrent the new Invincible season

[sunglocto@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Shit's great

[Guest]

I don't think what you describe is meaningful action either.

Do I understand that you agree the proposed "blackout" is symbolic, and that you wish there were something more meaningful being proposed; or are you defending the blackout as meaningful itself? Do you agree with the criticism of the blackout's being symbolic, but want to go along with it despite its lack of meaning (or perhaps better stated, lack of effect)?

For my part, I'd be much more pleased with the idea of the blackout if I could be convinced that it would have useful results, and would generally be in favor of so-called "meaningful action." This blackout wouldn't effect me either way since I've already given up amazon and google stuff almost entirely except what I need for work. I just need to know what the meaningful next step would be.

[korhaka@sopuli.xyz]

Even people that use Amazon surely are most likely to not buy stuff in any typical week? I just stopped using it.

[bob_lemon@feddit.org]

One thing Amazon is better at (at least here in Germany) is free shipping. But seeing how that is a least partially responsible for creating a cutthroat delivery market, where companies contract out delivery work to barely self-employed drivers for barely any money, paying for shipping doesn't seem like a bad idea (even though I know the drivers won't really see any of that money in the end)

[Guest]

If we were to assume that everyone would just wait until the 15th to do all their amazon orders that they waited a week for then I would agree it's symbolic.

For many, this will be what happens, but for some, they will find an alternative. Then maybe in the future they chose that alternative too. It's about gradual progress towards better alternatives. For you, maybe finding ways to make your work less reliant on those things would help. Or if that's not possible maybe working somewhere else that doesn't make you sacrifice your values.

As an example, one person choosing to educate themselves on animal welfare might not have much effect today, or tomorrow, or even next week. But after years, even small changes can mean the elimination of suffering for dozens or hundreds of lives.

[ohshittheyknow@lemmynsfw.com]

I already started my boycott last month.

[goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Americans really dont know how to protest...

[knitwear@lemmy.world]

Yeah but it lets people feel like they've boycotted. Which isn't coddling/faux activism so much as it is starter-activism.
We don't want activism to seem hard... even though we know that effective activism pretty much requires meaningful changes to behaviour which often brings discomfort.
People are really out of practice

[Guest]

I find this to be rather healthy sacrifice attitude. You pay a few cents more, but the world gets that one micron more normal than it was a second ago. Works for me.

[sommerset@thelemmy.club]

This is dumb.

• Just permanently switch to buying from AliExpress.

• Don't just delay and then buy delayed 5 days later.

• Send money to wfp party instead of Dems.

• have u ever forgotten to pay at Walmart?

• buy a gun while u can. It takes some fucking effort in blue states.

• go on Amazon - you can print a custom garden flag.
  Print Luigi and post it in your yard.

• start building a troll farm

[sommerset@thelemmy.club]

Can't - they practically monopolized china reshipment and white labeling In US.

Best u can do - check qlibaba, temu, AliExpress first and order from there

[sommerset@thelemmy.club]

Amazon monopolized china reselling industry

[tankovayadiviziya@lemmy.world]

TFW when I rarely use Amazon anyway.

[saharamaleikuhm@feddit.org]

My hope would be that some people realize they don't need it after all and cancel their subscriptions and such.