Yes. Immediately after the fiscal quarter ends, giving them plenty of time to make up for it when everyone who put it off for a week just buys it the next week. Because that's when it'll hurt, not right before they have to report numbers.
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You know all the twitch streamers hate this.
I'm participating in this on principle, but mostly on bankruptness.
I already started my boycott last month.
I cancelled my prime membership. I'm going to look around for alternatives before I delete my account which I more than likely will be doing at this point.
I haven't heard about any impact last Fridays boycott had. Anyone got any numbers or info at all on it? FTR I did my part.
One day boycotts will never have any impact. A lot of their money comes from prime. Prime cancelling is what they care about.
The problem with boycotts like this, is they do essentially nothing... A single day, week, or even a full month of boycotts can only be successful if a critical mass of people do it at once. And frankly, they're not going to get that.
The people most likely to boycott Amazon and the like are people whom already don't purchase things from Amazon, or lightly do it. Amazon if fine with that, because eventually people go back to buying. So what, they're gonna post one bad quarter? Small price to pay for doing business.
You can't boycott evil businesses. You have to stop using them entirely. Forever. And most people simply aren't willing to.
Because only five people care
I haven’t bought anything from Amazon since Christmas anyway. I’ll probably cancel my subscription after this year. I’m already paid up for the year.
there are a few things i get on there mostly because i can't get them anywhere else but i don't think i've used amazon in a while - definitely not for christmas this year.