To cripple Amazon, you’d need to cripple a lot of the Internet, since they use AWS:
It all sucks anymore anyways. I’m ok with that! We can all self-host lemmy elsewhere.
A protest will not cripple an organisation. Only get them to pay attention.
for a week
Seriously? Did you set a timerange right from the start? Even if you manage to make ALL their customers to align with you, it wouldn’t be a problem for them because they can make prognoses and be prepared. It’s like… That’s just bad. Grrr.
All of these organized boycotts should explicitly be indefinite until the behavior of the company in question improves. Then, not only is there no time frame for them to plan to weather out, but they also know you’re taking your business to their competitors instead.
I’m already there. Amazon screwed me over on a rather expensive purchase about a month ago and I’m done with them. They “lost” my package (by their own admission) and still haven’t found it, but are steadfastly refusing to refund me until the item makes it back to their warehouse.
Given that I’m positive one of their delivery contractor people stole it, I know for a fact this will never actually happen. It’s been 34 days so far… So I just charged back my credit card.
I’m doing my damndest to boycott Amazon outright out of principle. I still have to order work-related items occasionally (small remote town, options are limited for speed of delivery), but other than that they haven’t really been getting much out ofe the past few weeks.
I am so glad this is happening. I cancelled prime before this for how aweful amazon is for everyone.
This boycott needs to extend for weeks. We can’t let corporations dictate our ways our life without reminding them they’re nothing without us.
Going on 4 years with my Amazon boycott, so I guess I’ll just… Continue as usual
I always use other companies, but this boycott is stupid. The people who want temporary boycotts are stupid.
No one cares about a few days.
Temporary boycotts work to get people used to longer, more permanent boycotts.
Temporary boycots work if they’re right before the end of the quarter because it’s fucks with their quarterly reports and therefore share value.
They should do it for 2 weeks right before the end of the fiscal quarter so the rebound isn’t reflected in the numbers.
I don’t use those products/services anyway except for amazon a handful of times a year (usually spending slightly over the free shipping minimum each time). I take the approach of minimizing my spending in general. If everyone had spending habits like me, the economy as we know it would collapse overnight.
Who has time to walk around looking for their needed items only to find that they are OUT OF STOCK, or no longer carry that product because their profit margin was too small.
If local companies would carry quality products on their shelf, and KEEP THEM IN STOCK, then I would shop local instead of ordering from online retailers.
Many people forget that “access to products” is very minimal to most. Many times, complete areas of the country are controlled by the same grocery stores, products are blocked from being sold, people must drive 1hr+ to get natural groceries of quality.
Shipping and delivery is becoming the new grocery store and shopping center.
Welcome to the boycott!
I cancelled my account and 2 amazon branded credit cards. I also order all the tech for my company. I’ve been buying from b&h, best buy, staples a lot more. There are some things I have to get from amazon for work but I’ve been finding alternatives when possible.
Someone needs to create a browser extension to coordinate the masses and alert/intercept web traffic to boycotted products/services.
Start by not calling people “masses.” It’s dehumanizing.
I was going to order some stuff on Amazon. Now I need to stop by home depot. Get this, you get the stuff right away! Like you just grab the stuff and pay for it.
Home depot I was pretty sure was also on that list? I know Lowe’s is.
If anyone needs more reasons to boycott Amazon:
Continuing this pattern, our employers signed a contract called Project Nimbus to sell dangerous technology to the Israeli military and government. This contract was signed the same week that the Israeli military attacked Palestinians in the Gaza Strip – killing nearly 250 people, including more than 60 children. The technology our companies have contracted to build will make the systematic discrimination and displacement carried out by the Israeli military and government even crueler and deadlier for Palestinians.
How do we feel about watching twitch with ads blocked? I could go without watching for a week, no problem, though technically that would actually help Amazon, although in a infinitesimally small way…
The fact that this boycott has a time limit shows just how addicted people are to cheap consumer crap. Amazon’s got everyone by the balls, the only way to freedom is by ridding yourself of them permanently.
I’ve been seeing this headline all week, and didn’t think much of it, since I basically never buy from Amazon. But I’d forgotten they own Twitch. And boy, do I use a lot of Twitch. Unfortunately, in the way of money, it’s pretty much all subscriptions that are already paid for. None of those are coming up for renewal next week, that I could cancel. I could definitely just not watch anything next week, but the union that organized this says they’re looking for drops in sales. Not watching would only contribute to that if I would have been served ads. I’m wondering if I should instead try spread the word of the boycott, in the streams I watch.
I dunno, what do y’all think?
It’s rough. I think for it to make an impact on the twitch side of things, the streamer would need to be the one to make the stand. Afterall, your subs are already paid for; nothing more you could really do other than avoid the site for a week.
I’ve been trying to directly donate rather than subbing as a workaround. Keep my entertainment and support streamers I watch while limiting my support of twitch. With a proxy to avoid ads of course
