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This post is somewhat inspired by a recent post in this same community called "Is anyone else having trouble giving up Reddit due to content?"

I imagine "Reddit" will be a common answer. (And it's one of my answers.)

Another of my answers is "Hasbro." First Wizards of the Coast (a Hasbro subsidiary) tried to revoke an irrevokable license and screw over basically all 3rd-party publishers of D&D content, then they sent literal mercinaries to threaten one of their customers over an order mixup that wasn't even the customer's fault. D&D: Honor Among Thieves and the latest Transformers look really good, but those are within the scope of my boycott, so I won't be seeing those any time soon.

Third, Microsoft. (Apple too, but then I've never bought any Apple devices in my life, so it hardly qualifies as a boycott.) Just because of their penchant for using devices I own against me in every way they can imagine. And for really predatory business practices.

One boycott that I've ended was a boycott of Nintendo. I was pissed that they started marketing The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (though it didn't have a name at the time) before the WiiU came out, prompting me to be an early adopter of the WiiU, and then when they actually released BotW, they dual-released it on WiiU and Switch. I slightly eased my boycott when the unpatchable Fusee Gilee vulnerability for the first batch of Switches was discovered. I wanted to get one of the ones I could hack and run homebrew on before they came out with a model that lacked the vulnerability.

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[–] NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 59 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Chick-Fil-A for their support for organizations that are anti-LGBT. Apparently these donations have stopped but I’m stubborn.

[–] pizza-bagel@kbin.social 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I haven't paid attention for a couple years, but the last time they "stopped" they just started donating to a charity they made to cover up that they are still donating to the same places. But they didn't do it directly so it doesn't count.

And the owners themselves are still donating to anti LGBT shit regardless, at least one of them has been funding an organization that has been assisting with putting out all these recent anti LGBT+ bills.

[–] NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Bummer. It’s a shame because it really is some of the best fast food available.

[–] confused_code_monkey@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

Popeyes makes an amazing chicken sandwich! (Assuming that's what you were getting from Chick-fil-A.) I might even enjoy it more than Chick-fil-A's.

I honestly don't understand this take... I've never found their food remarkable. Maybe it's because I live in a big city, though.

[–] CycloneWolf@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

It's not worth the price, financially or morally.

CFL, Hobby Lobby, anyone who donates to anti LGBTQ I'm actively avoiding. It's mid 2020s everyone, let it go already

[–] Yo_Honcho@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I honestly don't get their popularity. Not because of politics but I can honestly get a better chicken sandwich 5 min drive away.

[–] tallwookie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

it tastes good and it's convenient - not all places have a wide variety of restaurants

The company never apologized for any of it, so why should any of us forgive them? Dan Cathy made a big speech defending the contributions of company profits to anti-lgbtq groups, including groups supporting conversion therapy, and proclaimed that gay people are an affront to God.

I don't just not eat here, I actively judge the people that do. I'm not sorry. It's not hard to avoid eating greasy chicken from a restaurant that has become a cultural monument to desperaging people for the way they were born.