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You guys realise that by Boycotting some American company you are making absolutely no difference whatsoever, right? I mean for real, though. If 10 people boycott (and that's being generous) out of UKs 69.9million, you have removed 0.0000143% of their possible revenue. You are not even making a noticeable dent in any metrics whatsoever.
 
mackerzz said:
You guys realise that by Boycotting some American company you are making absolutely no difference whatsoever, right? I mean for real, though. If 10 people boycott (and that's being generous) out of UKs 69.9million, you have removed 0.0000143% of their possible revenue. You are not even making a noticeable dent in any metrics whatsoever.
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i think the idea is its not just people on the rugby forum....Which Tyler is just raising ideas that are growing out there in the real world, the obvious one is i often hear people talk about trying to find where to buy something other than amazon and only resorting to it as a last resort...and has been big, at least around me, since covid to go to local coffee chops or takeaways rather than mcdonalds/BK/Pizza hut etc

There are only two chain restaurants in my whole suburb in Melbourne are Aussie owned ones

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mackerzz said:
You guys realise that by Boycotting some American company you are making absolutely no difference whatsoever, right? I mean for real, though. If 10 people boycott (and that's being generous) out of UKs 69.9million, you have removed 0.0000143% of their possible revenue. You are not even making a noticeable dent in any metrics whatsoever.
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The point of a boycott isn't to bring a company to its knees; it's to make your point - and it needs A LOT of people boycotting for a company to even notice.
But if a few million European all cancel Netflix on the same weekend, then Netflix will notice, they may even care, keep it going, and they may exert some pressure on their pet politicians.

The point is to disentangle myself from US companies where I realistically can, and to show some solidarity with Greenlanders (and Canadians, as they're back on the menu)

What the corporate overlords REALLY want is an attitude of "boycotts don't matter / don't work / can't be 100% perfect, so I won't bother"


No-one is capable of 100% disentangling themselves from America.
No-one is obliged to even try.
But I'm sure they're grateful for the nay-saying.

Does anyone else get a sense of déjà vu?
 
Which Tyler said:
The point of a boycott isn't to bring a company to its knees; it's to make your point - and it needs A LOT of people boycotting for a company to even notice.
But if a few million European all cancel Netflix on the same weekend, then Netflix will notice, they may even care, keep it going, and they may exert some pressure on their pet politicians.

The point is to disentangle myself from US companies where I realistically can, and to show some solidarity with Greenlanders (and Canadians, as they're back on the menu)

What the corporate overlords REALLY want is an attitude of "boycotts don't matter / don't work / can't be 100% perfect, so I won't bother"


No-one is capable of 100% disentangling themselves from America.
No-one is obliged to even try.
But I'm sure they're grateful for the nay-saying.

Does anyone else get a sense of déjà vu?
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Log off the site. Cloudflare execs in San Fran are reaping off your usage you corporate slave!
 
Which Tyler said:
The point of a boycott isn't to bring a company to its knees; it's to make your point - and it needs A LOT of people boycotting for a company to even notice.
But if a few million European all cancel Netflix on the same weekend, then Netflix will notice, they may even care, keep it going, and they may exert some pressure on their pet politicians.

The point is to disentangle myself from US companies where I realistically can, and to show some solidarity with Greenlanders (and Canadians, as they're back on the menu)

What the corporate overlords REALLY want is an attitude of "boycotts don't matter / don't work / can't be 100% perfect, so I won't bother"


No-one is capable of 100% disentangling themselves from America.
No-one is obliged to even try.
But I'm sure they're grateful for the nay-saying.

Does anyone else get a sense of déjà vu?
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I think we should distinguish between the USA and Trump. America is awesome and will continue to be so after Trump is gone (hopefully)

I can understand the sentiment but we’ve just got to play nice and get through the next 3 years. I know that sounds lame but most Americans aren’t on board with Trump.
 

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