McPoops

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[–] McPoops@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 hours ago

I generally agree, but I'm not going to knowingly give money to ghouls who are trying to make my existence worse. I'm not at all against using [redacted] but I do think the idea that boycotts are worthless isn't correct. Boycotts have been successful in the past, it just requires some solidarity and that part is what has been missing from a lot of the wider calls recently. I do think we could impact their profits. But we can do both this and sabo-[redacted]

[–] McPoops@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

With android you can avoid the google play store so they don't get a cut of ad revenue. I don't know whether Google gets a cut of phones they didn't manufacture just because Android is on it, considering Android is open source and the manufacturers are responsible for updates.

[–] 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.

[–] McPoops@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago

They're actually one of the most well known extreme metal bands lol.