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What brands do you avoid at all cost? I don't keep up with the news all that much, and many of the reasons to avoid something don't make it there anyway. So I'm asking here to make a big list of things to avoid. It could be anything from bad security practices to really frustrating packaging. Working as a cashier myself, I definitely know there are plenty of brands I avoid purely on the basis that their product is a pain to stock.

On the flip side, what's the alternative? If you avoid Pepsi, for example, what do you turn to instead?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Apple & Meta. I try to boycott Amazon in lieu of other online sellers but I don't always succeed. All non-union Starbucks. The latter is the one that has impacted my life the most because I used to spend my days studying at Starbucks. I Struggle to focus and concentrate on formal work of any kind while at home. We do have two unionized locations in town. They usually don't have any sitting room left, though because they are so close to the university campus.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

I'm not that familiar with them; why Lenovo?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Blue Bell. They killed people with their listeria negligence.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I avoid Nemix RAM, because the first time I bought a bunch of sticks from them, they had an 18% failure rate. I paid to ship the bad sticks back, and they sent me more bad sticks. Nemix said they worked fine, so I sent them the Memtest screenshot with all the errors. They didn’t want to pay shipping to replace them again, so I just returned them and got some Micron RAM, and it’s been working perfectly.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Late to the apparent party but Phillip Morris . They own a shitton of food and pot licences.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Epic Games until they continue developing UT4. Motherfuckers.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

I try to avoid all the brands that still work in russia because I don't want to fund the terrorist state

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Adidas. McDonald's. Starbucks.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Coca-Cola, NestlΓ©, Starbucks.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Tesla, Red Bull, Believe Music, Microsoft, Samsung, so many more I can’t think of right now

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Coca-Cola, Apple, Samsung, HP.

My alternatives are none (water & coffee only), Android (OnePlus specifically for phones), LG/Toshiba for consumer electronics, Brother for printers and Dell or Lenovo for laptops.

Edit: Oh yeah and Tesla, not only because of Musk, I simply don't want to drive a tablet on wheels. I'm going for low-tech cars only. Some barebones Kia, Hyundai or Dacia.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Bad dragon, my tiny rose petal still gets sore on rainy days

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Walmart, Amazon, Blizzard, EA, Apple, McDonalds, Then some of the mega brands when I can avoid them like Unilever, General Mills, etc

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