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I have one outstanding order that is already out for delivery. Once I get that, I'm closing my amazon account. I'm done. Buy nothing. Vote with your wallet. Edit: account is closed. get bent Bozos.

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[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 minutes ago

Just goes to show how corporations actually feel about diversity and equality. They're all racist, sexist and homophobic but they all write their policy to appear like they aren't until they are allowed to show their true colours.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 1 points 39 minutes ago

I guarantee that we will see calls to repeal the Civil Rights Act if this continues, and comrade it's just getting started.

[–] NoMadLadNZ@lemmy.nz 3 points 2 hours ago

Fuck this guy, with his own dildo rocket straight to any assteroid he wants to mine.

[–] iconic_admin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

Never heard of the Irish Star before. I went looking for a secondary source. So far CNN and MSNBC are not reporting on this. But interestingly the Washington post is.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/01/10/amazon-removes-black-trans-rights/

[–] drascus@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 hours ago

Oh good another company to not give my money to. I will be saving a lot this year.

[–] Lootboblin@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

You can live without Twitch. Once you leave, you have so much time to do other stuff. Stuff that are so much better than watch other people play games or eat ramen in Tokyo. Go play games yourself and see the world around you with your own eyes. You can also stop ordering useless new stuff. Visit thrift stores or buy second hand online.

[–] allo@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 hours ago

God I hate sites that instantly play video ads. Like if I want my phoneplan fast data going to that. Wanted to read. Did not.

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 16 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

I wonder what makes the author of the article think that Bezos did this. The CEO of Amazon has been Andy Jassy since 2021.

I think its because the largest individual shareholder is still bezos. Shareholders elect the board, and the board appoints the CEO.

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 8 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Member 10 years ago when tech billionaires sucked up to Democrats

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 5 points 7 hours ago

Yeah... now Trump will give them everything they want as long as they kiss his ass.

[–] TechAnon@lemm.ee 10 points 10 hours ago (15 children)

Just last night I was going through all my subscribe and save items and finding alternatives. I stored them in a spreadsheet (LibreOffice). My last order is already in motion and once delivered that's it. Amazon is gone.

Other changes I've made or am in the process of making:

  • FB + IG -> PixelFed
  • Reddit -> Lemmy (lemm.ee)
  • X -> BlueSky
  • Tesla hasn't been on my wish list for a while -> Rivian or another alternative... wish I could say Xiaomi
  • YouTube -> PeerTube, LibreTube, piped.video, invidious

Where I'm stuck and looking for help: What do I do for my next phone? Android and Apple are both at the table supporting this mess. Linux alternatives seem like huge downgrades at the moment... any advice?

[–] TheMC42@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

I have been thinking about getting a Murena Fairphone.

[–] GratefullyGodless@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/05/murena-eos-fairphone-4

Was wondering what you were talking about and found this article that explains the advantages and disadvantages of Murena's e/os, so i thought id link it, in case anybody else is curious.

[–] TechAnon@lemm.ee 1 points 5 hours ago

Wow - that looks like a very solid option!! I'm very interested... this may be my next phone! Thank you so much!

[–] renewalplaner@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

X -> BlueSky

Why not Mastodon?

[–] TechAnon@lemm.ee 3 points 8 hours ago

Groups I follow are on BlueSky -- happy to check out Mastodon as well though.

[–] sol6_vi@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Anything samsung galaxy phones? I got a later model and don't know if I can get anything other than the stock program.

[–] sol6_vi@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

to my knowledge there's not a lot available for samsung hardware at the moment, maybe check out sailfish?

[–] TechAnon@lemm.ee 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Is there a reason to choose Graphene vs Lineage (or any others I may not know about)?

[–] sol6_vi@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

I don't have any experience with Lineage so I don't want to speak to it. May just be hardware dependent in a lot of cases. I had a pixel when I got sick of googles shit and Graphene was the only option for me, so that's what I sprung for. The experience has been very positive - installation was easy - the fresh start was welcome.

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[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 hours ago

Now will people leave Twitch? What about companies that contract with AWS?

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 13 points 11 hours ago (5 children)

It's always worth cutting ties with Amazon.

Just about everything is available from somewhere else, and probably cheaper with their enormous fees they charge the sellers.

If it isn't available elsewhere, it's probably an Aliexpress fire hazard anyway.

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[–] McPoops@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Closed my account last night. Made my partner close theirs and cancel prime too.

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[–] TechAnon@lemm.ee 1 points 7 hours ago

Ah gotcha. I appreciate your insight - I'll definitely be looking into this further.

[–] cotlovan@lemm.ee 8 points 12 hours ago

Hahahaha!

Its funny how these corpos were praised when they raised the LGBT colors, back then they were the moral compas of the western societies, now they're "fascist".

Maybe people won't forget that the companies would do anything in order to increase profits. They never cared about anyone rights, else they wouldn't use slave labor in southeast Asia, or Sub-Saharan Africa.

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