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DVDs and public transit: Boycott drives people to ditch Big Tech to protest ICE (text.npr.org)
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In Portland, Ore., Brittany Trahan started buying DVDs rather than paying for Netflix and Apple TV, while Lisa Shannon has been relying on public transit instead of taking an Uber. And in McDonough, Ga., Brian Seymour II has been embracing the cold to shop locally instead of buying through Amazon.

They're among a growing number of Americans participating in a boycott this month, targeting tech companies who, they believe, are not doing enough to stand up against President Trump's aggressive immigration crackdown.

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[–] 4 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Theres like 80% of the population that still actively shop at Target and Amazon Prime. People buy from Whole Foods instead of the small "mom and pop" European market on the corner.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    I have not been to Target or shopped at Amazon since end of 2024. It was surprising that those 2 habits were the two easiest to correct. If people only knew how easy it is... Deleting Facebook was easy too.

    DeGoogling is very hard. I'm still working on it but the progress has made a huge dent in the amount of new personal info available for them to sell, or so I hope. It's useful to start a list of accounts with emails you need to change and just block YouTube from phone.

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