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

[thejml@lemm.ee]

Definitely boycott Walmart. They’ve been horrible a lot longer than Amazon. I haven’t purchased from Walmart in a decade and a half and I see no reason to stop now.

[thejml@lemm.ee]

True, but 7 days isn’t enough time for that. I’ve gone weeks between purchasing the kinds of things Amazon delivers, so it’d just be normal. 2+ months is probably better. Especially if those months are Nov & Dec.

[warlockofthewoods@lemy.lol]

Yep. I live in the middle of nowhere, I'm not gonna start shopping at Walmart to give up amazon. Walmart was absolute shit first

[shutz@lemmy.ca]

Much of the province of Québec is already boycotting them since January, after they closed all their warehouses here to prevent them from unionizing.

[null@slrpnk.net]

Some people can't even handle a 1-day boycott. I think you're overestimating the average person's tolerance for discomfort.

[thesystemisdown@lemmy.world]

Me too, 2010ish though. I wish I could figure out how to boycott AWS. As an aged developer with a little bit of influence, I've steered plenty of clients, employers, peers, and juniors away, but I still use the internet. There's no detaching from that.

[ohvenus_baby@lemmy.ml]

That warehouse disaster was horrible. Those poor souls. May they rest in peace.

[4am@lemm.ee]

We have a lot more to atone for than the orange Nazi but thanks for the vote of faith

[fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works]

Practice makes perfect, but this better viewed as steps to cutting them out of our lives and not just nudging them to stop supporting facism, destroying workers and our planet.

The need us. We don't need them.

[brodysseus@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

This is off topic, but as a new developer (about to graduate) I'm having a tough time envisioning places to work. Ideally once I get enough experience I can be more choosy (non profit work is my goal) in the meantime I need experience.

Based on what you can infer about me from being on Lemmy in this thread, do you have any advice for a new developer in regards to fun or ethical work?

[thesystemisdown@lemmy.world]

Absolutely, and thanks for asking. Also, congrats! I'd recommend looking at credit unions (US/Canada) and higher ed. Both are non-profits and good stepping stones. Either can be a career if you don't want a 'stepping stone.' Depending on how altruistic you want to be, you can find either that serve underserved communities. CUs pay better, but are more corporate and demanding. Higher ed doesn't pay as well, but is more layed back if you can ignore politics, which there is a ridiculous amount of. I worked at HBCU (US) for a long time, and it was pretty great. Depending on where you are, it's usually pretty easy to find an open spot at either.

[0ops@lemm.ee]

This is great and all, but here's a bonus challenge: don't use Amazon ever fucking again!

Do it and you're cool!! Even though I haven't used it in awhile, I have the app downloaded. I'm going to uninstall it as soon as I post this comment.

[Guest]

The world is on fire and you're worried about your favorite TV show? Come on dude. These boycotts will not work if we can't even sacrifice the bare minimum. And yes, a TV show is the bare minimum.

[kraiden@kbin.earth]

No, you come on. You're are misrepresenting what I actually said. If you actually read my post, you'll see that I plan to participate in the boycott regardless. I made a throwaway comment about how it would be "mildly inconvenient" that I'd miss the opening, but also that I would do it regardless.

So what, I'm not even allowed to acknowledge that Prime has stuff I'm interested in? I have to boycott it, and deny that it holds any value whatsoever?

That's bullshit. It's entirely possible to both acknowledge that there are decent Amazon produced shows AND think that the company is evil as fuck and want to boycott them.

[lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com]

Wouldn't it be easier to disrupt the system by—I don't know—something old & boring like ask everyone to clean out/close their bank accounts at the same time to cause a run on banks?
Where do people come up with these less effective ideas?

[tattorack@lemmy.world]

I still can't believe Amazon got away with it.

[meliaesc@lemmy.world]

I want mega corps to fail, not spark a great depression.

[Guest]

Can someone just make an iCal that I can subscribe to? Can’t keep all these boycotts straight

[olympicyes@lemmy.world]

How about an anti-Honey plug in that reminds you not to order when you’re trying to check out.

[olhonestjim@lemmy.world]

I already pulled my retirement.