Companies who aren’t bowing

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[–]Trajan 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

There will have to be some pragmatism. The alternative is to boycott damn near every major company. Although both Spotify and Apple Music virtue signalled, I cancelled the latter, switching instead to the former, because Spotify didn’t break the product in the name of political activism. With Spotify I can simply ignore the virtue signalling while still getting what I pay for.

I will avoid companies where they cross the line and/or there’s a reasonable alternative. Proctor and Gamble was a no-brainier to drop after the Gillette fiasco. I can get my razors and soap from companies that don’t hate me.

[–]Aureus 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

The alternative is to boycott damn near every major company.

Personally, I'm not even against this. I feel like people make this out as harder than it would have to be. There's plenty of alternatives out there. We just need to get people around to discuss them.

Still, you're right that being pragmatic is good. I think a lot of people see companies that post a black square on Twitter as identical to companies that donate millions to far-left political causes. There's obviously different levels, and we should be boycotting the worst offenders.

Good on you for boycotting Procter & Gamble, btw.

[–]Trajan 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Cheers. Just had to add Pepsi and Unilever over the Facebook bullshit. PayPal is more difficult to drop until I can persuade done creators to have an alternative. I already dropped Patreon ages ago for being censorious swine.

[–]Aureus 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I think companies like PayPal are questionable, because if they let you give more money to creators than they actually charge, I'm tentatively okay with that.

We should get more people on SaidIt to join the boycott. What do you think?

[–]Trajan 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Definitely, and encourage creators to join payment methods that aren’t engaging in left wing identitarianism. I’ve been able to continue supporting creators who setup at SubscribeStar.