A pretty good overview of the significance of Amazon's #greed and #fuckery. Part of it is the usual by now #AI bullshit.
> Pluralistic: Amazon annihilates Alexa privacy settings, turns on continuous, nonconsensual audio uploading (15 Mar 2025) https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/15/altering-the-deal/ by @pluralistic
It's called boycotts, dumb ass!
Fox Business host on 'shocking decline' in consumer spending: 'The boom times are over'
https://thehill.com/business/5183167-fox-business-host-on-shocking-decline-in-consumer-spending-the-boom-times-are-over/
Amazon boycotts must be making a dent; they’re running tv spots “reminding you that 60% of Amazon sales are from independent sellers.”
Time to open a new store, independent sellers!
As it's World Book Day allow me to present to you my Ethical Bookseller Search Tool once more...
https://ethicalrevolution.co.uk/amazon-alternatives/
It's a nifty tool in to which you can enter any book title / author / ISBN and find the book from more ethical booksellers than Amazon.
Our research has shown that more often than not the ethical bookseller option is as cheap or cheaper than Amazon! = Win / win.
Lots of info on the page as to why we should be avoiding Amazon too. @bookstodon
One more piece for The Washington Post to be ashamed of.
If you don’t have the balls to run a newspaper, don’t.
P.S. Fuck you Mary A. Thiessen.
A while back, we left Meta because Zuck sucked up to Trump. Stopped shopping on Amazon, for the same reason. Unfortunately, Callers: Emergence is published on Amazon KDP. We're looking into fixing that soon, but it's a bit of a process. In the meantime, you can buy directly from us. Pays Bezos less and us more! 
Simply message me here or on any of our other socials. And, let's keep as much money as possible out of the hands of greedy oligarchs.
Boosting this little article from one of my favorite authors who is not stuck on one ebook platform. This rodent is sad about the monopolistic situation. I would have to fork over my fistful of dollars to Bezos if I want to keep reading some of my other favorite authors, just because they can't or won't publish elsewhere. (Yes, I know the ROI for indie authors on non-#Amazon platforms is minuscule to zero at best, but.)
https://everywhereindies.wordpress.com/2025/02/27/youre-mad-at-amazon-but-you-love-your-favorite-authors-now-what/
#books #ebooks #boycottAmazon #bookstodon
@davidgerard Please don't feed the monster! #BoycottAmazon #StoptheOligarchs
We don't buy from Amazon, we dumped Netflix a little while ago but we still had our subscription to HBO until yesterday evening. That's now gone as well.
From now onward we won't be sending a little bit of money each month to the USA.
TV is not worth supporting fascism.
#boycottUSA #hbo #netflix #amazon #boycottamazon #boycottnetflix #boycotthbo
There is only one thing to do:
#boycottbezos
#boycottWP
#boycottWashingtonPost
#boycottAmazon
@dangillmor Be a shame if everyone cancelled their subscription like I did last year when he pulled the Biden endorsement.
#BoycottWaPo #BoycottAmazon
The ad that the Washington Post refused to run.
If you don't have the balls to be a newspaper owner, don't.
@dangillmor wealth corrupted the guy, he’s turned into a testosterone fueled billionaire fascist bro. 
him. #BoycottAmazon
Fabulous! Candace Owens is instant death to any publication.
Patrick Soon-Shiong must be insane!
Billionaire LA Times Owner Explores Teaming Up With Candace Owens
https://www.thedailybeast.com/la-times-owner-patrick-soon-shiong-explores-teaming-up-with-candace-owens/
@dansinker in Germany, I discovered recently this service to buy online from local bookstores
I'm buying there since then.
@chris I will never buy from that platform again, a few months ago I decided to #BoycottAmazon. I have not missed it at all.
Quebecers* are already boycotting Amazon as layoff count reaches 3,000 employees
*and other Canadians
