The government, use the government. It’s our last chance to use the government to regulate corporations before they become the government
I have often wondered whether targeted internet boycott days would shake up AWS, but I don’t know enough about their billing structure to run the numbers to see how much that would dig into AWS profits + how much of their income is flat subscription fees vs. billing on number of calls and haven’t had a chance to dig into it yet.
TronBronson@lemmy.world 1 week ago
pomegranatefern@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
I am a big believer in regulation, and some governments right now are in a position where they can be pressured to take anti-monopoly action against Amazon, which I want very much to see. Being in the U.S. as I am right now, though… There are some state governments I would like to see act, but I am also brainstorming other nonviolent disruptive action which could be taken, because the federal government right now is actual fascists.
TronBronson@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I was hoping last years shenanigans would have pushed Europe away from our tech companies. I don’t see much hope unless we can elect a new Congress that is willing to do Monopoly busting across the board.
Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
You would basically have to convince a few hundred million people to not use the internet for months at a time with out a single percentage of them breaking the boycott to actually even start to hit aws.
pomegranatefern@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Frustrating, but I appreciate your answer; thank you.