These 30 Products Are Made By Such Horrible People, Others Decided To Stop Buying Them

We buy (and use) what we want to be. For example, if we aspire to become tech-savvy, we might run Linux on our computer, or if we wish to be seen as outdoorsy, there's a good chance we'll drive a Subaru.

Not that there's something wrong with those products. They simply help us to build our identity and reflect our desire to align with certain lifestyles or communities. As does actively boycotting others.

Reddit user MasterMirkinen wanted to tap into the consumer mindset of the platform's users, so they asked everyone which things they refuse to purchase due to the people and companies behind them. Here are the most popular answers to that question.

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These 30 Products Are Made By Such Horrible People, Others Decided To Stop Buying Them Anything Kardashian/ Jenner.

Biscuitqueenyas , kimkardashian Report

Final score:

279points

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Kika González 5 months ago

I don't think I've ever bought anything them or watched their TV show

139points

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These 30 Products Are Made By Such Horrible People, Others Decided To Stop Buying Them I refuse to buy anything from the Acme Corporation. Their products always seem to backfire in the most cartoonishly disastrous ways. Plus, I heard their CEO is a real coyote. I mean, come on, who wants to support a company run by a guy who's constantly chasing roadrunners?

SalmanSheikh007 , Warner Bros Report

Final score:

274points

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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 5 months ago

We whole-heartedly support the ACME boycott!

77points

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Dr. Rami Gabriel, an Associate Professor of Psychology at Columbia College Chicago and author of Why I Buy: Self, Taste, and Consumer Society in America, has written a comprehensive piece for Psychology Today about living in a material world.

In it, he suggested that self-identity in the West consists of three parts:

A metaphysical aspect—something like a soul or essence;
A social orientation—in our case, individualism;
A practical aspect—our emphasis on expressing yourself.

Consumer society, according to Gabriel, is where these elements play out. "It provides products that allow us to express our individual essence. It is thus our natural psychological need to identify who we are and to which social group we belong that drives our relation to consumerism," he said in the text. "Our identities are manifested in consumer tribalism, as brands identify us by class, race, gender, age, etc. An individual’s taste becomes the main determinant of their identity."

Anything Trump.

Financial_Bug3968 Report

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257points

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Mavis 5 months ago

Only good thing about Trump branded apparel is you know who to avoid.

97points

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These 30 Products Are Made By Such Horrible People, Others Decided To Stop Buying Them Anything advertised by influencers. Keep that trash away from me.

Major-Check-1953 , George Milton Report

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239points

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Maisey Myles 5 months ago

Any “experts”from tiktok

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We got in touch with Gabriel and he agreed that deliberately avoiding brands and products is also a significant form of self-expression in consumer society.

"It is virtue signaling on one hand and on the other it is a way to manifest one's convictions within the context of capital," he told Bored Panda. "Also, movements like Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) are powerful insofar as they publicize the flow of capital and uncover how injustice is supported by companies which are not explicitly (or some employees even knowingly) contributing to, due to the opacity of capital."

Gabriel said, "Global capitalism is so complicated that these boycott movements are some of the only ways that we learn how we are implicated in webs of inequality and injustice. For some people, boycotting is a way of telling other people that their consumption is ethically above board and also convincing themselves that there is a way to navigate the opacity of power in a responsible and knowing way."

These 30 Products Are Made By Such Horrible People, Others Decided To Stop Buying Them Tesla. They could be amazing cars, but I can’t stand Musk.

olemiss18 , Craig Adderley Report

Final score:

235points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 5 months ago

According to Consumer Reports, they are far from the top of the list in the EV market. And somehow their build quality keeps going down. Musk is quickly becoming a master of running companies into the ground.

116points

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These 30 Products Are Made By Such Horrible People, Others Decided To Stop Buying Them Twitter, the owner is a f****n’ tool.

anon , freestocks Report

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194points

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James016 5 months ago

Twitter was a small dumpster fire before Musk took over, now it is big dumpster fire

69points

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These 30 Products Are Made By Such Horrible People, Others Decided To Stop Buying Them I just had a baby and wasn't looking so great - still was losing the weight from the pregnancy, plus not getting outside that often, barely getting showers in, etc... My husband bought me a hefty gift card for MAC, which at the time I loved.

Went in, mostly cleaned up, but bare faced to get a foundation match, new lipstick, you name it. I couldn't get anyone to help me. Sales associates were helping out all the younger and prettier girls. I finally went up and asked for assistance with a foundation match and a lipstick. The sales associate gave me the glare up and down, did a twirl with his finger to encompass my post-pregnancy body and haggard looking face and said 'ma'am, we just can't fix ugly....just.....whatever, find it yourself'.

I asked another sales associate who rolled her eyes and said 'I don't have time for you'. I left in tears feeling fat and ugly. My husband convinced me to write MAC about the incident, and corporate said they would ensure I would received good service. Set up and appointment time for a 'makeover' and went back another day to the same store (Westfields in London). I was mega shy at the time, but after being ignored again, I said I was here for my appointment. The sales associate looked at me, did a lip snarl, and told me he wasn't going to do it, and he didn't give a s**t was corporate said. He added on some 'haggard ugly women' comment about my face. Long story short, MAC refunded the money from the gift card. I took it and went the Chanel counter in Selfridges. They made me feel like a million. Helped me find a routine for on the go, etc... the ladies from Guerlain came over and helped too.

Never bought from MAC again - 15 years later.

PrincssM0nsterTruck , emmjas Report

Final score:

191points

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Susie Elle 5 months ago

Noooooooo. Burn the place down.

94points

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If we rely solely on our economic activities to define our identities, we risk running into problems. "We can develop a sense that we ourselves are the channel that people like to watch," Gabriel said.

"This is a form of fetishism of the self, which can have consequences for our sense of self-worth (ex. FOMO) and sense of meaning in our lives (see all the work by Sherry Turkle on the consequences of online life for teenagers). One of the nefarious consequences of this is that many individuals exist as content creators for tech companies, perpetuating the cycle of staying on social media and thinking it is a crucial part of socializing."

These 30 Products Are Made By Such Horrible People, Others Decided To Stop Buying Them Anything backed by a religious element. Hobby lobby & Chick-fil-A come to mind right away but if I notice any brands actively spouting religious ideas I'm never supporting them again.

Weak_Force_7537 , JJBers Report

Final score:

188points

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Jeevesssssss 5 months ago

We got a Chick-fil-A in my town in the UK. We're often among the first places to get US chains and people here go nuts for them. Very proud to say however they closed pretty quickly due to boycotting over their homophobia!

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These 30 Products Are Made By Such Horrible People, Others Decided To Stop Buying Them Nestlè products. And it's getting difficult to find stuff that doesn't lead back to them.

VitaSackvilleBaggins , Bycroft Boy Report

Final score:

186points

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michael Chock 5 months ago

A town in Michigan had amazing spring water. Nestle wanted to bottle the spring dry, the town refused to let them. Nestle sued (and lost) until the town couldn't afford to defend itself and became insolvent. Once the town collapsed Nestle came in and drained the spring dry.

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#10

These 30 Products Are Made By Such Horrible People, Others Decided To Stop Buying Them Any product associated with MLMs. The business model actively exploits people who *need* a second income, and the owners know that.

PM_UR_NUDES_4_RATING , Pixabay Report

Final score:

172points

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Steve Robert 5 months ago

What's wrong with M&Ms? Oh, MLMs. Nevermind

42points

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"For some, being a creator is also a creative, even artistic, act. As I discuss in my book Why I Buy: Self, Taste, and Consumer Society in America, our culture gives value to the act of expression, which is thought to be a conduit from our innermost selves," Gabriel added.

"When we think of expression (artistic or otherwise) as directly tied to self, there are implications for how we value the kinds of interaction that we get from our online identities, and this can devalue other forms of social communication and notions of self-worth. Deriving value from consumer society rather than more traditional forms of identity, like family structures, has consequences for the cohesion of society."

#11

These 30 Products Are Made By Such Horrible People, Others Decided To Stop Buying Them There's a local contractor who used to come into a restaurant I worked in. He'd send one of his guys after hours and on weekends for emergency repairs, which is an invaluable resource in a restaurant with old plumbing and electric. As a result, he and his guys came in a few times a week for free lunch.

One night I was driving home, and I saw one of their trucks swerve to hit a cat that had already been run over. That is, the driver went out of his way to erratically change his path of travel - not to purposely kill something, but to disrespect something that had already died in an unfortunate way. I don't know why, but this is somehow worse to me.

I called their number to let them know, didn't say who I was or anything. I talked to the head guy. Mr. Big Stuff himself, and he proceeded to be a huge a*****e over the phone, calling me a pussy f-slur-for-gay-people and hung up.

I ran the numbers regarding how many times they had done work for us versus how much they got in free food, and decided to terminate our working relationship. I was fortunate enough to serve them their first bill for lunch in five years. Mr. Big Stuff came to the register to point out the mistake, and I asked if he had fielded any phone calls recently. About someone in his truck running over a dead cat. About a week ago. Caller probably sounded like a f*****g pussy. Yeah, we don't offer that discount anymore.

Years later, I have had several opportunities to share stories about what a d**k the guy is with people building or renovating, and have pointed them to the business started by one of the guy's apprentices instead. Dude always tipped whatever his meal would have cost, and was always the one coming to fix things anyway.

KettleCellar , Sean Patrick Report

Final score:

171points

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Sven Horlemann 5 months ago

I applaud that.

66points

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#12

These 30 Products Are Made By Such Horrible People, Others Decided To Stop Buying Them Goop.

sherrintini , cottonbro studio Report

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168points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 5 months ago

Gwyneth Paltrow is proof that you don't have to be smart to be rich.

100points

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#13

These 30 Products Are Made By Such Horrible People, Others Decided To Stop Buying Them Bob Ross products. Love the man but since he died the people that took over his brand and started selling s**t with his name on it are awful, terrible people.

Edit: this is the documentary on Netflix, Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed.

TalentedCilantro12 , BRI Productions Report

Final score:

152points

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Jeff Hunt 5 months ago

I didn’t know this. How unfortunate. Bob is up there with Fred Rogers in my opinion.

75points

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Of course, this doesn't mean you should build an off-grid cabin in the woods and become completely self-sustainable. (Although that is a nice picture.)

You can start by getting rid of the stuff that makes you feel stress, guilt, and other negative emotions when you look at it. The clothing pieces you never wear, the sports equipment you never use, and the gadgets that clutter your shelves only to collect dust.

Simplifying your surroundings can help you focus on what truly matters and bring an added sense of clarity to your life.

#14

These 30 Products Are Made By Such Horrible People, Others Decided To Stop Buying Them Any new vehicle that offers subscription services.

BellaInHD , Kenny Leys Report

Final score:

150points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 5 months ago

Sounds like a Tesla thing. I know that teh Cybertruck released with several features disabled until you downloaded a software update. Specifically a "locking" rear axle.

19points

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#15

These 30 Products Are Made By Such Horrible People, Others Decided To Stop Buying Them I will never buy Chick-fil-A myself, because the owners willingly and knowingly directly fund christian gay conversion camps - ya know, the places that traumatize and threaten and scare innocent young children, that are kept there agaist said childrens' will even up to age 17, because their parents are brainwashed by ridiculous religious teachings.

SuigenYukiouji , Phillip Pessar Report

Final score:

149points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 5 months ago

Second point for Chic Fil-A Are they going to show up again on this list?

36points

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#16

These 30 Products Are Made By Such Horrible People, Others Decided To Stop Buying Them Anything from Shein.

Moon_Jewel90 , wikipedia.or Report

Final score:

144points

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Alexandra 5 months ago

I get it: it's cheap, so a little money goes a long way, but its products are the result of forced labour at internment camps. Buying from Shein means contributing to that horrible situation.

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#17

These 30 Products Are Made By Such Horrible People, Others Decided To Stop Buying Them PRIME Energy Drink. The group of f**k boys that own it are the absolute worst.

cajunredbean1 , DarrenMc1990 Report

Final score:

139points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 5 months ago

Never even heard of it. (google) OH it's Logan Paul. Yeah, no thanks.

88points

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#18

These 30 Products Are Made By Such Horrible People, Others Decided To Stop Buying Them I have no interest in giving my money to the owners of Hobby Lobby.

_agrippa_ , JJBers Report

Final score:

136points

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Matt Richardson 5 months ago

Hobby Lobby is loathsome across the board, their conduct regarding both peoples and antiquities is infuriating. Any entity that hides behind the Bible to justify their misconduct should immediately be avoided. As a person of faith, it is heartbreaking for me to see it being exploited and perverted.

81points

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#19

TikTok.

I just don’t trust the CCP or anyone who can disappear the Chinese Jeff Bezos for 3 months and then have him come back singing a different tune.

Honduran Report

Final score:

125points

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Penguin Panda Pop 5 months ago

Jack Ma is the name of the guy if you're curious.

27points

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#20

These 30 Products Are Made By Such Horrible People, Others Decided To Stop Buying Them MyPillow.

DontHugMeImAwkward , wikipedia.org Report

Final score:

120points

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Stryker Tyger 5 months ago

I hate MyPillow and Mike Lindell, too (my wife worked in one of their call centers and treated her badly), but I don't think it's right to wish death or ruin on a person like that. I will boycott the business. I will tell everyone I know what I know. And I will hope that karma strikes in an appropriate way. But death, terminal disease or relapse? That level of hatred is too much. We're humans. We make mistakes, sometimes big bad ones. We can be better than all that.

28points

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#21

These 30 Products Are Made By Such Horrible People, Others Decided To Stop Buying Them Jimmy John’s. The owner is a trophy hunter who kills elephants. No way in hell my money is going to support that s**t.
Edit: apparently the a*****e sold the company. I was not aware, but I’m glad to hear it. Maybe I’ll try a sandwich now .

overlyattachedbf , Nam Anh Report

Final score:

120points

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Montanavanna 5 months ago

Eh, the sandwiches are bland. Your not missing anything.

48points

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#22

These 30 Products Are Made By Such Horrible People, Others Decided To Stop Buying Them Pete's Lawn Care. Pete is the most racist piece of s**t I've ever had the misfortune to interact with in person. I was on a plane next to him and he screamed about being 6' and this grown a*s man started kicking the seat off this petite Asian woman in front of him. The Asian woman was from the US and spoke perfect English. Pete didn't care. She tried to ignore him and he taunted her, she tried to unrecline her seat and he kicked it at just the right time to send her head flying into the seat in front of her. It gave her a bloody nose. He kept calling her a TON of derogatory names due to her race and her children sitting next to her, as well as everyone else in the vicinity, were appalled. The flight attendant apologized profusely to her and moved her to business class. Pete was FURIOUS that he was SIX FEET TALL and cramped and HE should get moved up to business class.

How do I know he owns Pete's Lawn Care in [deleted]? He told us, the entire plane. He's six feet tall, he is a very successful businessman, he owns his own company, he worked from the ground up for what he has, these f*****g Asians ruin f*****g everything in this country (including his experience in economy class on a plane) etc. etc. and he let the company slip. I wrote it down so I would never, ever forget what a racist piece of s**t is Pete from Pete's Lawn Care in [deleted].

**EDITED to remove the city. I really appreciate everyone's investment but I am not trying to destroy this business. I'm only stating that I would never use it and why. I don't think it's right to sabotage his online reviews, but don't worry - they were already pretty horrible (2.8/5 stars on Google) before I posted this. Let's leave him and his "very successful" business alone so that when it fails, it's due to their s****y business practices and not only the s****y owner. Also, this was in 2016, so eight years ago. Lastly, I asked my friend (who was traveling with me) what she remembered about the incident. She said she remembered him kicking the seat so hard the lady hit her head, that he was so vocal about being OVER 6' tall, and that the lady got moved to first class, not business.

Fit-Snow7252 , FOX Report

Final score:

113points

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geezeronthehill 5 months ago

If someone is obsessed with being six feet tall, something else is way shorter than six inches.

70points

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#23

These 30 Products Are Made By Such Horrible People, Others Decided To Stop Buying Them I refused to purchase gas/petrol at BP for years because of the Gulf Oil spill.

Able_Exchange4733 , wikipedia.org Report

Final score:

97points

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Jrog 5 months ago

What if I tell you the Gulf Oil spill is possibly the LEAST concerning ethical issues of BP? May I interest you in some cooperation with genocide, human rights denial, environmental disaster coverups, aid to dictators all mixed with a smorgasbord of widespread political corruption? https://cultureunstained.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/bad-company-bp-human-rights-and-corporate-crimes-culture-unstained-june-20171.pdf

69points

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#24

These 30 Products Are Made By Such Horrible People, Others Decided To Stop Buying Them Uber Because of their disregard to local laws/regulations and don't give a s**t about employment laws.

Pizzagoessplat , Austin Report

Final score:

94points

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Doctor Strange 5 months ago

They've also been known to cover up sexual assault. Basically they'd find any excuse they could, such as a typo in the report, to dismiss it.

41points

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#25

Anything from Meta (facebook).

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Final score:

92points

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Alexandra 5 months ago

Never had TikTok or Facebook and I intend to keep it that way. I enjoy my relative anonymity and if I want to contact people, I just call them or send them a card, letter or note and without exception they let me know they were very pleasantly surprised. Facebook can never replace the joy finding a nice letter in your reallife mailbox brings.

25points

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#26

These 30 Products Are Made By Such Horrible People, Others Decided To Stop Buying Them Jimmy John's.

HASH_SLING_SLASH , Phillip Pessar Report

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72points

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Tropical Tarot 5 months ago

An earlier post said the original owner sold the company.

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#27

Tesla. It's a product that has become progressively WORSE over time. The early models have better features than the cars today. How does that make sense?

Throw Musk and his ravings and behavior into the mix...

Never. Rivian is great. GM is surprisingly great.

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Final score:

70points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 5 months ago

Third time Tesla has been on this list.

17points

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#28

These 30 Products Are Made By Such Horrible People, Others Decided To Stop Buying Them I refuse to purchase F-35s from Lockheed Martin. Those guys have done some shady things in the past and until they clean their street I refuse to spend my hard-earned cash on their overpriced jets.

Microplasticsalesman , Brad Kiracofe Report

Final score:

68points

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Maisey Myles 5 months ago

I will ever buy one either!

61points

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#29

These 30 Products Are Made By Such Horrible People, Others Decided To Stop Buying Them For me it’s Amazon….Bezos’ never gotten a penny of my money, and Nestle because F**k Nestle.

Amazon is easy for me but Nestle is tougher. I used to enjoy KitKat and San Pelegrino.

RaceDBannon , Christian Wiediger Report

Final score:

64points

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michael Chock 5 months ago

Last time I bought anything on Amazon they only sold paper books. I don't go to whole foods anymore now they are owned by Amazon.

21points

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#30

These 30 Products Are Made By Such Horrible People, Others Decided To Stop Buying Them Locally, there are several restaurants in my city that I won't visit because they are all owned by the same guy and he was rude to me on an earlier occasion. Yes, I can be quite petty about these things.

InbhirNis , Andrea Piacquadio Report

Final score:

57points

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Denise Webster 5 months ago

Really petty making this both 10 and 11. Hold on to that until you have the top ten nailed down. I support the petty payback.

17points

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Marno C. 5 months ago

The problem I have with a lot of boycotts is Corporate Concentration means that more and more businesses are owned by fewer and fewer corporations. We think it is a free market out there, but really, the choice is often an illusion. Go to a small town or more remote areas and it gets worse. Anything independent gets snapped up or driven out of business by the big businesses, especially as they muscle in with their economies of scale. Anti monopoly regulations are tough because these corporations have deep pockets with lots of lawyers and lobbyists. I also think that this one of the reasons why there has been so much inflation post-COVID. The big businesses now know that they are in complete power and are wanting to squeeze out every penny possible.

22points

Yes, it's hard to buy from independent businesses but I guess you do what you can, which is a whole lot better than just sitting on your hands.

12points

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DC 5 months ago

... yes. When people were talking about the dangers of such concentration, they were told "no one listens to your commie propaganda, nor cares!" - and people, truly, didn't listen nor care. Now ... that got them, and us or including us, to where we are. Selective boycott by other criteria may still work, with so-called ethical brands within these corps, but that's not even second best, it's just second worst to doing nothing at all. The only ... thing, issue, topic this seems to somewhat work are animal products, or rather the freedom thereof, but that's already "preaching", often worded a lot like above, that nobody wants to hear nor will listen to. We'll get another time where it leads us to not care, but as I'm 41, I see a chance to die before the fallout without making this happen all too soon...

2points

TheAmericanAmerican 5 months ago

Tisn't capitalism just swell! 🙃

ucp 5 months ago

Wetherspoons Pubs in the UK. Tim Martin changed an industry, arguably saving many brewers when beer drinking was on the decline. But his hypocritical stance on Brexit (he is/was pro-Brexit, but wants employment visa exemptions for his staff, because he relies on imported labour), and his force-feeding of his “principles”, make me avoid the pubs. The “Spoons” in my hometown is the only non-dog-friendly pub there, too, I’d rather pay twice as much for my beer, and support a decent pub, than give that business a penny.

14points

Poison Ivy/Boo 5 months ago

I'm hoping that every spoons closes for good and that goes for Dyson too!

3points

Susie Elle 5 months ago (edited)

Anything that sells clothing or items at prices that are just ... suspiciously low. I know that almost any and all brands/chains/stores exploit the s**t out of someone somewhere along the way, but I cannot and will not buy stuff from stores like aliexpress, shein or wish where you just KNOW it can't be right. I also refuse to order from Amazon, but that's because of Bezos. Luckily, I'm fortunate enough to be able to financially circumvent these stores. Definitely not saying that expensive = fair labour, but brands that pay their labourers fair prices are often more expensive.

11points

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