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Seriously? Did you set a timerange right from the start? Even if you manage to make ALL their customers to align with you, it wouldn't be a problem for them because they can make prognoses and be prepared. It's like... That's just bad. Grrr.
All of these organized boycotts should explicitly be indefinite until the behavior of the company in question improves. Then, not only is there no time frame for them to plan to weather out, but they also know you're taking your business to their competitors instead.
I'm already there. Amazon screwed me over on a rather expensive purchase about a month ago and I'm done with them. They "lost" my package (by their own admission) and still haven't found it, but are steadfastly refusing to refund me until the item makes it back to their warehouse.
Given that I'm positive one of their delivery contractor people stole it, I know for a fact this will never actually happen. It's been 34 days so far... So I just charged back my credit card.
I'm boycotting Amazon and other US companies as much as I can until the USA backs off from plotting to seize my country and torment (or worse) my trans relatives and friends. No more purchases from US companies; no more subscriptions to US services; no more investments in US funds.
Good on you.
In the wallet is the only viable place in which most folks can strike these bozos.
For a lot of these mega corporations an indefinite boycott is just not viable for the vast majority of people.
But a one week boycott? THAT is reasonable. People in small towns can put off their deliveries for a few days. I know a few twitch streamers who are willing to take the week off or only stream to Youtube because it is a chunk of their revenue but not their livelihoods. And so forth.
And a small number of dedicated indefinite losses are a lot less impactful than a large number of temporary ones.
A one week boycott will do nothing while placating peoples desire for resistance. Enjoy the meaningless gesture while the fascists laugh at you.
You're right, but the idea is more for people to warm up their organizational muscles in preparation for more effective action. Whether it'll work though, only time (or people smarter than me) will tell.
Smarter people here: it's a bad idea and you're helping the fascists.
I like your confidence. Also fair enough.
Less confidence, more access to experts in their field. Talk with successful organizers and polite sci people to form real opinions and ignore what you see here. Trust experts.
When you consider that a lot of their customers are pretty entrenched in Amazon's services, "Boycott Amazon for a week" is more achievable than, "Boycott Amazon forever."
Now don't get me wrong, I'd love to see people give up on Amazon forever. But sometimes taking a week off is long enough for people to change their shopping habits.
Although I suppose the insidious thing about Amazon is that they only offer an annual subscription so I doubt people are cancelling their service for a week.