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

[Guest]

I can't deny the convenience Amazon provide people in terms of their logistics and the range of products available in one place.

In saying that, it's really not that difficult to forgo, and there are plenty of alternatives. Don't buy books: get a library card. Buy your electronics from Canada Computers or other similar stores. Healthy Planet and Well.ca are great for cosmetics and self care. Trade prime for a Plex server. There are plenty of options.

I fully deleted my amazon account at the start of this Trump mess and asked them to delete all of my personal data. Life goes on.

[Guest]

Do it! Many have already deleted their accounts, including me, and the only thing that has really changed is that delivery takes a bit longer.

[kamen@lemmy.world]

I agree about the "everything in one place"; besides that, in terms of shopping, there's not much to it. There used to be some services that were pretty neat, e.g. unlimited cloud storage for photos (including RAW files) for something like 50 EUR/year, but of course they axed that.

Plenty of alternatives for everything, just maybe a little less convenient.

In terms of media, I don't stream; whatever I pay for is either at local shows where I buy CDs from artists directly, or through label stores, or through outlets like Bandcamp (btw it's Bandcamp Friday right now until the end of the weekend, go support what you like).

[Guest]

Boycotts are useless.

[leninonaprayer@lemm.ee]

Unorganized boycotts with no demands and no pressure from labor unions are useless. Boycotts in support of labor are absolutely class solidarity.

This one is useless. As most "reddit" boycotts are.

[Guest]

Been doing that since November. Found better, cheaper options locally.

[fattony@lemm.ee]

What are you doing?
Never buying anything at all from Amazon, ever.

[naughty_not_bad@lemmynsfw.com]

I have been boycotting them for the last 7 years. I'll gladly participate with this one for: indefinitely

[Guest]

Amazon also got a shit ton of power from AWs

[Guest]

Fuckin' a. Respect

[nibbler@discuss.tchncs.de]

I completely ditched amazon - private and for my company. there are so many other options, slightly less convenient admittedly, but also slightly cheaper. works for me!

[Guest]

I disagree. Even if just YOU boycott and no one else does. The boycott does something. Even if you don't believe in it, step aside and push the train forward while it passes you. Don't create friction.

[Guest]

Let’s keep this up!! We all save money and they lose money!

[Guest]

We can only control what we can control

[Guest]

Awesome. Do you still buy online from other billion dollar companies or have you been able to go all local? I’m having a hard time getting past the convenience and cheapness they are able to provide. I have cut back a huge amount though since Covid where I never wanted to leave home to purchase things I need for home.

[Guest]

The right killed dei solely using boycotts

[and009@lemmynsfw.com]

Forgoing the convinience isn't easy, even gotta look at the purchase and decide if it'll be used frequently or just a use and throw

[Guest]

I think in this case is more a "not enough is the friend of comptent". But you do you ‍️

[null@slrpnk.net]

This just in folks, boycotting Amazon for a week is "no good". Don't do it!

[appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Doing my boycott for the half a year already and at best are uszally small things like tea bags because that type is nowhere I have seen yet.