Since 25 years I am an Amazon customer. Since 2017 I am actively trying to avoid Amazon and use alternatives as much as possible, but still had purchases with Amazon.
Yesterday (cause of this call for boycott) I started my personal full exit from Amazon by dumping all my orders from 2004 to 2025 into local files. Had to use a "Chrome" browser (used Brave browser) with this extension: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/amazon-order-history-repo/mgkilgclilajckgnedgjgnfdokkgnibi - took few minutes until I understood its usage, but on the extension page there is a good manual. So in the end I got all my orders with date, price, name, .. in CSV files.
Also I have requested all my Amazon stored data by DSGVO (GDPR) request, but this can take up to one month (according to them). So deleting my account during this boycott week is not likely :(
Remaining steps are:
- check if there is any more important relevant information stored with my account
- check if there is a way to download all invoices and do it
- check from which international Amazon I have purchases (I remember at least U.S. and Japan), and do the same there
- export my rather large wish-lists, which I used to track products and prices (will just print them into PDFs)
- write letter about reasons to leave Amazon as long-time customer
- cancel my account
- publish a HOWTO get rid of Amazon
While I sympathize with the independent sellers, Amazon has become a natural target for the growing global boycotts. This could be an opportunity for sellers to explore alternative platforms that prioritize human rights, worker dignity, and environmental responsibility.
"Cozying up to the current U.S. administration" will have its consequences. Nothing goes unpunished. The U.S. has pissed off billions, and Amazon, along with other fascist supporters, will face the harsh reality of their actions this year.
In 1995 we boycotted Shell for environmental reasons and it worked: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Spar
Towing of the platform to its final position began on 11 June. By this time, the call for a boycott of Shell products was being heeded across much of continental northern Europe, damaging Shell's profitability as well as brand image. [...]
On 20 June, Shell had decided that their position was no longer tenable, and withdrew their plan to sink the Brent Spar [...]
So it needed more than a week of concerted boycott action to bring big business into trouble, but not unlimited boycott.
Yes, please kill the Starlink deal.
He gives a Minifist
... and me as German reading it .. at least the part which is not behind paywall :)
I often use German fernsehserien.de to find information about TV shows. Not sure how this page behaves without ad-blocker, but for me it is working perfectly fine.
Citing from another Lemmy-Post: Forget about Uber and use Bolt!
Destroying weather forecast for no good reasons sounds like state terrorism with the goal to hit random US Americans
It was not that much. From: https://www.kystens.no/nyheter/nekter-a-selge-drivstoff-til-amerikanerne-vi-har-et-moralsk-kompass/2-1-1786648 relevant part translated: "I believe we delivered approximately 3,000,000 liters to them in 2024. It is simply moral support."
I am not from the banking business, but as this worked for PP, I would assume that such connection should easily doable for our banks, too.
I think the cartoon suggest that Trumpler wants to mimic his fascist comrade and idol Russki Putler.
An alternative was Paydirekt (Giropay) supported by my German bank. But while it worked quite fine, there where only very few supported sites (shops), for international payment it was more or less useless and end of last year 2024 the service has been discontinued.
It is frustrating to learn that from your experience Wero is also no good alternative for PP. Do you think there is anything we can do to persuade our banks that we want a different, better Wero? I have not so much hope for mine, but would be willing to use any serious EU bank providing a good PP alternative, which can be used worldwide.
PS: If such discussion should not be wanted in /c/europe, it could be a good fit for !buyfromeu@feddit.org
I daily use the free tire of Le Chat and it is perfect for my needs, like creating TLDR summaries of articles.
CORRECTIV ist eine gemeinnützige & unabhängige Redaktion. Wir stehen für investigativen Journalismus & stärken eine demokratische GesellschaftEine unabhängige Redaktion sollte keine Demonstrationen organisieren, außer vielleicht wenn es um Pressefreiheit geht.
Was hat das mit der darüber zitierten Zeile zu CORRECTIV zu tun?
Das liest sich leider so, als ob Du CORRECTIV unterstellen möchtest, politische Demonstrationen bzw. Proteste organisiert zu haben.
Das widerspricht aber deren eindeutiger Aussage:
- Unterstützt die Correctiv gGmbH politische Demonstrationen oder Proteste mit ihren finanziellen Mitteln?
Nein.
If this guy has the Canadian citizenship, would it be possible to enact a tax for Canadian billionaires intriguing against Canada? Just an idea.
Und schon gibt es eine Petition: https://weact.campact.de/petitions/schluss-mit-dem-angriff-auf-ngos-und-medien-keine-zensur-durch-die-cdu
Hoffentlich hilfreich für das AfD-Verbot.
Maybe using Regulation (EU) 654/2014.
This comment explains it a bit: https://feddit.nl/comment/15162357
