I cancelled my prime membership. I’m going to look around for alternatives before I delete my account which I more than likely will be doing at this point.
Amazon Boycot March 7-14th | No Purchases. Its time to disrupt the system.
Submitted 1 year ago by juergen@feddit.org to technology@lemmy.world
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daggermoon@lemmy.world 1 year ago
daggermoon@lemmy.world 1 year ago
How exactly will this disrupt the system?
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 1 year ago
TFW when I rarely use Amazon anyway.
endeavor@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
As an euro I also use it rarely but it just has unbeatable price and availability for products sometimes. The only alternative is aliexpress, which isn’t a real alternative since China can go get fucked too.
slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 1 year ago
I used to use amazon mainly if i looked for some item that i didn’t even nnow existed, because their search function used to be pretty good. Or to get ratings on a product or whatever. I rarely ever bought something. Now all that is useless. No matter what you search, they show the sposored shit, and the ratings are stupid, most things are temu dropshippers.
sommerset@thelemmy.club 1 year ago
This is dumb.
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Just permanently switch to buying from AliExpress.
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Don’t just delay and then buy delayed 5 days later.
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Send money to wfp party instead of Dems.
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have u ever forgotten to pay at Walmart?
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buy a gun while u can. It takes some fucking effort in blue states.
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go on Amazon - you can print a custom garden flag.
Print Luigi and post it in your yard. -
start building a troll farm
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Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
Americans really dont know how to protest…
hackitfast@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I wonder if Amazon is pushing these “protests” to drown out the real ones.
endeavor@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
hey, come on, this is a good start. It should be replaced with a complete boycott, but both americans with impulse control will propably boycott amazon. For the rest, it’s a great start and you can bet it will not be the last.
Bloomcole@lemmy.world 1 year ago
slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 1 year ago
Amazon breaking new records after the “protest”
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 1 year ago
“Vote with your wallets” is a common expression among Americans after all.
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 1 year ago
My hope would be that some people realize they don’t need it after all and cancel their subscriptions and such.
ohshittheyknow@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
I already started my boycott last month.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Even people that use Amazon surely are most likely to not buy stuff in any typical week? I just stopped using it.
BigBenis@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Or how about you just stop buying from that cancerous blight on our society altogether?
Anivia@feddit.org 1 year ago
I avoid them as much as possible purely because their in-house logistics company recently started doing their deliveries here instead of DHL, and they are absolutely terrible. Delivery times range from 7 AM to 9 PM and they just leave the package in front of your door without even ringing the doorbell
Bloomcole@lemmy.world 1 year ago
as much as possible
Americans are great at mental gymnastics and making excuses to get out of things when it becomes slightly inconvenient or requires effort.
That’s why you lose and keep losing.
daggermoon@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I mostly shop on eBay now. Way better anyway.
Bloomcole@lemmy.world 1 year ago
LOL Totally not a scumbag Omidyar company
slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 1 year ago
I really liked ebay like 20 years ago. Now at least here, it’s just for people dropshipping stuff or sell stuff super overpriced. Like more expensive than new. It’s such a weird place.
JazzlikeDiamond558@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Haven’t bought almost anything from Amazon in decades. I think Jeff Bezos got like 13 $ from me. Ever. Period.
There have always been better or just as good deals elsewhere (i.e. eBay). And I think that people do not realize that more than 50% of offered stuff can be obtained CHEAPER when bought directly from the seller/producer.
Just write an eMail and… off you go.
SeeFerns@programming.dev 1 year ago
Dude, same. It’s been about ten years since my wife and I stopped buying from amazon. Never have I had a problem finding the things I need on eBay or Craigslist or straight from the seller.
Just order some new headphones directly from Lenovo that were the exact price as on amazon and even had free two day shipping and don’t require me to have an account. Great, no issues.
For other things, people for the love of god please buy used and local as much as you can. I live in a smaller town and can find soooooo much shit locally. Not everything but I’d say most everyday things!
bob_lemon@feddit.org 1 year ago
One thing Amazon is better at (at least here in Germany) is free shipping. But seeing how that is a least partially responsible for creating a cutthroat delivery market, where companies contract out delivery work to barely self-employed drivers for barely any money, paying for shipping doesn’t seem like a bad idea (even though I know the drivers won’t really see any of that money in the end)
sunglocto@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Is this a joke? Like 2k people on fedi don’t buy anything from Amazon for a week?
These "economic blackout"s are completely futile. Especially if they only target a single service, or if they target a service as big as Amazon. If this blackout is for everything Amazon operates, you can’t use Twitch, or Fire TV, or Prime Video, or Fire devices, or Kindles, or any website that is run with AWS. You think normies are going to sacrifice all of that ease of use for a week, and even if in some alternate dimension they have any self control over their consumption, they’ll just go back to using Amazon.
Amazon will survive for 7 days. What about people all around the world that quite frankly don’t give a fuck about uspol? What about subscriptions? Invincible 3x8 comes out in this time period? Nobody will watch it? People will stop using a third of the Internet, their streaming slop devices, their e-celeb propaganda outlets? It simply won’t happen.
These blackouts are an immature way to “break the system, man”. They completely ignore the reasons why normies go to the slop mill in the first place. The general population has 0 self control over their spending. They will consume, and consume, and consume, until they die.
coconutking@lemmy.world 1 year ago
If these measures are not enough; please suggest some more for us to take.
Don’t let “perfect” be the enemy of “good”.
Krauerking@lemy.lol 1 year ago
To be frank,
Constructive criticism has not been well received by anyone lately as apparently everyone just sees it as flat criticism and with the rise of internet echo chambers for every group, criticism in any form immediately points you as an other to be ignored.
People of all walks only want to hear what is convenient and self confirming.And also, people are not ubermensch and do not just have a working plan that perfectly replaces this one the same way this one is ineffective. It will take conversation and community to figure out what works. No one can plan or act alone.
SausageWallet@lemm.ee 1 year ago
What got me is the upcoming one week Nestle and one week General Mills boycotts… Do the people who came up with these boycotts not realize that the stores that carry those products, already paid for those products? And the rebuttal to any skepticism is that it’ll at least get people used to not buying these products or shopping at these places. Do people really need to take baby steps? Is that how much we, as a society, are addicted to buying things? Pat yourself on the back America! Fascism may be quickly on the rise, but good work, you didn’t buy Cheerios for a whole week!
FlembleFabber@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Wellp, at least we can torrent the new Invincible season
sunglocto@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Shit’s great
AoxoMoxoA@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Amazombies ain’t gonna do that. bezos has them hooked in their guts
sommerset@thelemmy.club 1 year ago
Amazon monopolized china reselling industry
flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I week long boycott will do nothing. If that is the most you are prepared to inconvenience yourself to send a message, then just give up now.
coconutking@lemmy.world 1 year ago
If these measures are not enough; please suggest some more for us to take.
Don’t let “perfect” be the enemy of “good”.
QualifiedKitten@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Hard disagree. If you ask people to make a temporary change that still feels achievable, they’re more likely to at least give it a shot, and many of those people will spend some time considering alternatives. Once the week is up, some people may even choose to continue boycotting Amazon, or at least reduce their spending there.
Yoga@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Sounds like an excuse to not get started.
BussyGyatt@feddit.org 1 year ago
It sounds like a call to avoid symbolic action and take meaningful action instead, to me.
imvii@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Agreed. Better to make it a month or two. This gives you time to find replacement companies and then hopefully never return to Amazon.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 year ago
Or just stop using them entirely, right now, because the only service they have an uncontested lead in is, ironically, audiobooks.
I know, I know. You might have to physically go to a store. The HORROR.
mp3tricord@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Can someone just make an iCal that I can subscribe to? Can’t keep all these boycotts straight
olympicyes@lemmy.world 1 year ago
How about an anti-Honey plug in that reminds you not to order when you’re trying to check out.
Teknevra@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
Great Idea.
Perhaps call it something like:
BeeOff - A play on “bee” similar to Honey, but with a focus on avoiding (off) certain products.
BoycottBee - Directly stating its purpose as a boycott tool.
Avoidify - Emphasizes the idea of avoiding certain products or brands.
BlanketBan - Suggests a comprehensive avoidance or ban.
NectarNone - Opposite of honey nectar, focusing on avoiding products.
ProtestPal A friendly companion for those who want to make a statement by boycotting certain products.
SentryShop Acts as a guardian or sentry while shopping, warning against certain products.
Ethico Emphasizes ethical consumption by avoiding certain brands or products.
NoGo Simple and direct, signaling products to avoid.
BlockBuy Directly blocks purchases of unwanted products.
SanctionShop Implies a personal sanction or restriction on certain products.
ProtestPulse A tool that keeps the pulse of your protest or boycott efforts.
Avoida A playful name emphasizing avoidance.
lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
Wouldn’t it be easier to disrupt the system by—I don’t know—something old & boring like ask everyone to clean out/close their bank accounts at the same time, and cause a run on banks? Where do people come up with these ideas?
meliaesc@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I want mega corps to fail, not spark a great depression.
ripcord@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah, having like <5% of people put off buying stuff for a week isn’t going to do that.
Unfortunately at this point only something fairly world-changing is going to really do much. And it’s definitely going to get much worse before it gets better. Prepare for it.
0ops@lemm.ee 1 year ago
This is great and all, but here’s a bonus challenge: don’t use Amazon ever fucking again!
Do it and you’re cool!! Even though I haven’t used it in awhile, I have the app downloaded. I’m going to uninstall it as soon as I post this comment.
AoxoMoxoA@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Amazon has the masses enthralled
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 year ago
But if I pay $20 a month I don’t have to spend $15 on shipping!
zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Also tell them why you’re boycotting them. That’s an important step.
iowagneiss@midwest.social 1 year ago
Or use it as a product search engine, then go to the supplier or an alternate online store to buy the one you want. I don’t have it on my phone but do go to it in browser occasionally for that.
0ops@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Yeah that’s basically all I used it for over the last year anyway. Any product on Amazon that isn’t junk probably has it’s own site in my experience
fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Practice makes perfect, but this better viewed as steps to cutting them out of our lives and not just nudging them to stop supporting facism, destroying workers and our planet.
The need us. We don’t need them.
shutz@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Much of the province of Québec is already boycotting them since January, after they closed all their warehouses here to prevent them from unionizing.
1rre@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
I personally haven’t bought anything from Amazon for years now (or really anywhere online, I think maybe 8 things in the past year?), issue is even within the last week I’ve spent hundreds if not thousands on AWS through work… Sure it’s not me paying, but it’s also pretty hard for me to not to given they have such a monopoly
aceshigh@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I guess it’s a good thing that I’ve always been a minimalist. These things don’t really impact me. I very rarely buy stuff.
OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
Preach
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Haven’t used Amazon for 1.5 years already
mrodri89@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
Id rather just forever boycott anything bezos related.
Lootboblin@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Those fuckers stole my digital comics library. I already stopped using Twitch and I havent bought their shitty and useless Chinese made electronics in years. Fuck Nazis, fuck Amazon, fuck Google, Fuck Trump, Fuck Musk, Fuck America! (the last part I take away when you vote the Orange Fuck Face away!)
4am@lemm.ee 1 year ago
We have a lot more to atone for than the orange Nazi but thanks for the vote of faith
Djfok43@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Wtf do people even need from there that they can’t get from temu or elsewhere…
KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
I moved on from Amazon to local after the 28th.
shaun@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Just delete your account already.
Tattorack@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I boycott Amazon years ago already, when a warehouse of people died because employees were told that the government’s tornado warning was just hyperbole.
Amazon is an evil company that treats its workers like garbage, and practices some of the most vile anti-union practices.
I cancelled my Amazon Prime account and never bought a single item through Amazon anymore. I don’t buy anything from Temu either, by the way.
tias@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
With a few exceptions, I haven’t bought from Amazon in more than a decade. I never buy from them unless I absolutely can’t find the thing I need anywhere else.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 year ago
A whole 7 days??? Gosh gee willakers!!! You think people can uphold a boycott a whole 7 days???
Look. Boycotts are effective, but you gotta be stubborn. It’s gotta be “boycott from now on” with no end date.
Otherwise, it’ll just look like normal fluctuations in their business.
“Oh, this week was slightly down…ah, but then it stopped. We’re good!”
But if you boycott forever, then their numbers continuously go down. And if you get other people boycotting, those numbers go down faster.
THAT’S how you make an impact.
Red_October@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Do you guys really rely on Amazon so much that one week without feels like a protest? Seriously?
Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Guys I’m going to take a picture of myself holding up a sign saying that Amazon are racist oligarchs and I’m going to post it online
Alpha71@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Here’s the thing. If I could shop somewhere else I would. Do you know what sets Amazon apart from other places? It’s their delivery, pure and simple. I ordered 3 TV’s from Best Buy. It took them a week to ship them. I had to pay for shipping on top of the $600 I spent. On the day I was supposed to receive them I was home all day. I got a notification they were an hour out. So I went outside and waited for them to arrive. They never arrived, but i got an email telling me they had stopped by but I wasn’t home.
So I had to go down to their depot to pick them up. I am stuck using public transit so Imagine trying to get 3 40 inch TV’s home on a bus. I ended up having to get a cab half way home with money I couldn’t afford to spend just to get it all home.
So for me, That is the main reason I buy from Amazon. Although lately I’ve been shopping with Uber from Walmart.
And Fuck Purolator.
b_tr3e@feddit.org 1 year ago
I haven’t bought a single TV in my whole life and I haven’t missed anything important. Whenever I am somewhere where there’s a TV and I’ve got nothing better to do or I’m just curious I zap through the channels whithout finding anything remotely interesting or entertaining 99% of the time. I really wonder what people want with these ad-infestes, annoying trashcans. Aren’t you dumb enough, yet? Try heavy drinking. Preferrably methanol or break fluid…
dan1101@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I will admit it’s been super convenient if I need shampoo or toner or drinks or dozens of other things to just take 60 seconds to order it from Amazon and it’s here in a couple days. Well it used to be. Now things often take many days to ship. I canceled Prime about 6 months ago.
Red_October@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You just listed things that you can pick up at any number of local stores. That stupid convenience of ordering crap instead of just adding it to the shopping list is why people think going a week without using Amazon will “disrupt the system.” This is exactly the problem.
REDACTED@infosec.pub 1 year ago
I’ve genuinely never used amazon to shop, not even once, but only because it’s always been the more expensive option compared to smaller shops. Right now seeing 5070ti tuf goes for 1400 on amazon, 1300 at my local store.
Cataphract@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
It’s so bad and cyclical while just being unavoidable in some areas. On the map, you’ll notice how heavily populated northern europe is compared to a lot of sparse areas which have less options. I’m in a relatively normal size town and there is one big box choice and maybe one defunct “local” store that’s barely getting by.
I had to beg a guy in a corner shopping center “repair shop” for a small syringe of thermal paste when I ran out (I’m not fucking kidding, there’s just no electronics store anywhere nearby, losing Radioshack was fucking hard). Dude at the shop was the only reason I didn’t have to go online and wait a week (he wasn’t selling it, just had spare for his own use). My trades and hobbies make this a common occurrence throughout the week. Most places now are forced to sell on Amazon to remain competitive (Amazon dominates with shipping cost reduction alone for large items), finding a local or even nationally based company through search algorithms becomes harder and harder as they can’t pay to keep up with SEO bullshit. You can try to keep it all legit but with competitive monopolies everywhere you just eventually find out your favorite company no longer really exists.
There are some suppliers I could shop with but each one is an hour drive in different directions and 80% of the time they’re ordering the same shit through the same companies I would be using if I went online. It works sometimes, but takes so much effort it becomes it’s own full-time job that no one has the ability to keep up with.