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[-] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

I think there's a lot to be said for "soft boycotting." If we could get more people to just check a few other retailers before they go to Amazon, that would actually hit their bottom line a lot harder than a small number of people cutting them out entirely.

The problem with boycotts is that people get told to treat it as an all or nothing thing. It's a lot better, to my mind, to just reduce our reliance on large monopolies where possible, and accept them as an unfortunate necessity when not.

[-] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

Spot-on, yea, completely agree. It shouldn't have to be all or nothing because with this state of mind you feel guilty if you ever break your streak

[-] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

Which in turn leads to people giving up or never trying.

Even a 20% reduction in sales from a million people does a lot more than a 100% reduction in sales from 100,000.

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