Firestorm Druid@lemmy.ziptoYou Should Know@lemmy.world•Amazon Black Friday: 80 unions and organizations across 20 countries to demonstrate against management policiesEnglish
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5 hours agoDepends on what I need. Here in Germany, we have a bunch of electronics stores where you can get the same products for pretty much the same prices. Apart from that, I order from manufacturers’ websites directly, buy second-hand and refurbished, local stores if needed
That’s not how that works. If enough people boycott a service and show their displeasure, companies have to change something depending on how many people participate. It’s the same thing when it comes to climate change, veganism, whatever. Every bit counts and subtracting oneself from all responsibility with this mentality is a little naive, imho.
You’re bound to have a different experience as an employee, though. Can’t comment on that. However, things would very likely change for the better, even for you, if Amazon’s shady business practises were shunned even more than they already are. It’s insane how much of their wrongdoings have been exposed over the past years and how little people actually care