Company Boycotts Debate

The cluster centers on discussions about boycotting companies due to their actions, stances, or ethics, debating the effectiveness of individual consumer choices like 'voting with your wallet' and whether such actions lead to meaningful change.

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bdcravens Jan 13, 2023 View on HN

People boycott companies all the time for reasons unrelated to the product.

plainOldText Dec 23, 2011 View on HN

Boycotting is one of the most effective strategies to use when dealing with a company whose actions or stance you don't like. I'd wish more people started doing this when dealing with insurance companies,ISPs, record labels, facebook, heck even the government. After all, they are nothing without their customers.

herbst Jun 7, 2024 View on HN

Be loud and Boykott. If you don't like the way a company acts all you can do is voting against it with your wallet.Not doing anything is basically accepting it.

Hallucinaut Apr 10, 2021 View on HN

They didn't suggest a boycott. Each individual consumer decision makes a difference in aggregate. Every failed business in history is a result of consumer decisions away from what they have to offer, so I don't particularly understand that rationale.

gowld Aug 14, 2020 View on HN

Do you boycott every business that spends some money of stuff you don't like?

Finnucane Dec 13, 2022 View on HN

Can I boycott thing I was probably never going to buy anyway?

nothinghere789 Oct 18, 2019 View on HN

Would it do anything to boycott them

amelius Nov 2, 2024 View on HN

It's not boycotting, just voting with your wallet ...

NonEUCitizen Feb 23, 2016 View on HN

How about boycotting his startups? Don't take a job with them and don't buy from them.

philwelch Oct 13, 2013 View on HN

It's certainly counterproductive to boycott them if you don't do anything else.