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.

  • DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.comEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago

    Lol - wonder if this thread makes us a bunch of Karens.

    In no particular order:

    • Reddit (obvious reasons)
    • My local KFC (three strikes on really, really shitty order fulfillment via Uber Eats, no fucks given when complaints lodged)
    • A pizza chain here in Australia - La Porchetta - for sucking people into a loyalty program where the points couldn’t be redeemed via their shitty app
    • All social media sites except LinkedIn (there’s still moderate value in professional networking) - I’ve even extended my boycott of Shit Tok to banning it on my home network (much to my teenagers’ chagrin)
    • G2A.com because they fucked me over on a Xbox Live 12-month key after alleging my PayPal account was deemed a “payment risk”, yet they still spam me with emails on a weekly basis
    • Netflix after they said they’d still charge me for password sharing when my stepkids use our account at the dad’s place, even thought they’re part of my household

    Boycotts I’ve ended:

    • My mother (not a nice person, but my daughter deserves to have a relationship with her last living grandparent)

    Boycotts I wish I had the strength/ability/motivation to implement:

    • Big tech
    • Nestle
    • (my daughter’s use of) Roblox
    • Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      8·
      1 year ago

      Roblox use extremely predatory tactics for children on top of being riddled with child predator. Go download Minecraft or one of the open source clones and let her use those instead.

    • GroteStreet 🦘@aussie.zoneEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      La Porchetta - weren’t they involved with the mob too at some point? There’s one near me; never seen anyone visit. I swear it’s a front…

    • Dubious_Fart@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago
      My mother (not a nice person, but my daughter deserves to have a relationship with her last living grandparent)

      If she was bad enough for you to kick her out of her life, do your children really deserve to have that be let back in?

      • DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.comEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        As with any human relationship, there’s a whole range of nuance missing that would be impossible for me to cover off here.

        All I can say is that, as she’s reached old age, my mother’s become quite the doting grandparent. All the bullshit my siblings and I have a problem with aren’t present when she’s with her grandchildren.

        • Dubious_Fart@lemmy.mlEnglish
          12·
          1 year ago

          Still, Wouldnt be the first time that an abusive person put on the good doting grandparent act, until the parents backs were turned. Make sure you talk to your kids and have an air of openness and honesty with them so they’ll tell you, truthfully, if grandma is back to her old tricks.