• Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de
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    I love how Johnson & Johnson is listed down in other donors as someone to boycott as if that’s an easy task. They own like half the fucking grocery store 🥲

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      Right. It’s like saying “the first step to positive change is to completely stop participating in the economy”

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    Don’t just boycott. Actively do things that cost them money.

    If I have $100 to spend, steering that away from them only loses them $100 or so. But if you actively interfere with their income streams, you’re not actually limited to the amount of your own spending power.

    Report them for fines and penalties. Poison the data they collect on the world. Take advantage of the costly perks they offer (e.g., 100% return policies on open box items), clog up their customer support lines, exercise your consumer rights to your data or data deletion, target their loss leaders to cut into their profits, etc.

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        Don’t sign up anywhere. Just do. The lack of coordination makes it harder to counter, at least not without other collateral damage to legitimate customers and the like.

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    The reason why fElon Fuck donated so much, in his words, is because he didn’t wanna go to prison.

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        Wait, would someone actually use ai to make this? Like, wouldn’t you have to type the text into it anyway, why not just type it into a word processor or image editor?

        I don’t doubt people would (I remember someone ai generating trump holding up the list of tariffs when there were so many stills available that would take 2 minutes to edit in windows 95 paint). I just don’t get why. And now everything has that annoying brush stroke text.

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        Oh shit I think I know where the AI got it from.

        1800’s cause of death font list on Wayback Machine.

        Just kidding/not kidding

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    and more.

    You’ll probably find a shorter list of those who have not supported Trump.

    And an even shorter list of those who are openly defiant of Trump.

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    Americans are too lazy to accept being inconvenienced in any way and it’s gotten to the point where any change at all is inconvenient. It sucks here.

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      Yep, Canadians too! It’s depressing. We’re supposed to be boycotting all American products and that lasted about 5 minutes. Our government still uses Facebook and X for their social media, FFS! We are doomed.

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    Starlink (not listed but is a musk company) is supporting cell service to a large portion of cellular companies in the U.s including T-Mobile and it’s affiliates.

    It’s hard to be a conscientious consumer when broke.

    Tmobile has cheap cell service. Are the alternatives even better? Idk if they use starlink too.

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        Do we need cellular services?

        Yes.

        Just from a safety perspective, a transportable communication device is very useful.

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          We got along just fine without them before they existed. One generation in, and now they’re “indispensable”.

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            We also survived many many years without modern medicine. But that doesn’t mean we don’t need those things.

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    Looks like one enthusiastic supporter and a bunch of kiss-the-ring folks wearing the corporate approved minimum pieces of flair.

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    The hardest part about boycotting is finding a company that I’m currently giving money to. These companies haven’t made anything worth buying in a decade.

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    Obviously? Ever had a president that is basically a sell out? Its the most juiciest president and administration for a capitalist. Donate like 1 mill make 10+ billion.

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    I’ve been degoogled for many years but I still watch Youtube through a front end - I can’t see how that benefits Google.

    Current phone is a Pixel with GrapheneOS, next one will be a Motorola with GrapheneOS.

    Last pack of N95 masks came from Staples instead of Amazon.

    The only socials I have is Mastodon and Lemmy.

    Wouldn’t catch me even being a passenger in a modern spy car.

    I can’t stand Microsoft products.

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      KUDOS. But these hard choices need to be shared with the many people who do not believe it is possible.