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

[xanza@lemm.ee]

So anyways, that’s the impact one of these “pointless” boycott posts had on me.

I didn't say they were pointless. I say they don't do anything. What does do something is this;

I ended up cancelling my Prime subscription

That's it. You "buying a ton" on amazon is small peanuts in the grand scheme. Even if you buy a lot amazon is only making a percentage of whatever you spend. Something like 30%. So even if you spend $10k in a year, they make $3,000 net and have to deduct for the cost of getting those items to you. When all the financials are worked out, it's next to nothing.

The price of their subscription service is their e-penis. They get to say "500 million people pay for Amazon Prime!" @ $139/yr is $69.5 billion. You can buy nothing and they can still survive... But if you stop paying for Prime they lose their e-penis, which affects their stock price, which loses them bargaining rights with their suppliers and ultimately can affect the price of Prime itself.

It's the surest way to kill them.

[sirquack@feddit.nl]

I figured out my new Ubiquity firewall can block Amazon and Amazon video with a few clicks. Added bonus that the tv was sending GBs of data that way, without us using the app.

[echofox@lemmy.ca]

Easily done, I already avoid them.

[Guest]

Woosh.

A simple no-buy for one day boycott led to the way to Prime cancellation.

More than one, actually. I talked to my sister about it and she ended up cancelling hers as well. A couple of our friends did as well.

[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

[Guest]

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