• offandonandoffagain@lemm.ee
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    2 days ago

    I haven’t heard about any impact last Fridays boycott had. Anyone got any numbers or info at all on it? FTR I did my part.

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      2 days ago

      The problem with boycotts like this, is they do essentially nothing… A single day, week, or even a full month of boycotts can only be successful if a critical mass of people do it at once. And frankly, they’re not going to get that.

      The people most likely to boycott Amazon and the like are people whom already don’t purchase things from Amazon, or lightly do it. Amazon if fine with that, because eventually people go back to buying. So what, they’re gonna post one bad quarter? Small price to pay for doing business.

      You can’t boycott evil businesses. You have to stop using them entirely. Forever. And most people simply aren’t willing to.