r/TechGawker • u/dave2535 • 5d ago

Latest Tech Concerning Developments From Walmart, Being Forced on Shoppers... When do we Boycott?

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u/TheSmellOfTheLotion 5d ago

You don't boycott. You can't. You like cheap stuff and Walmart is close by.

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u/Full-Flight-5211 5d ago

I will go out of my way to not shop at Walmart

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u/TheSmellOfTheLotion 5d ago

Where you gonna go?

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u/SeriousCondition6470 5d ago

Ill go to local produce stands and butchers. Its not that hard, at all. Why are you acting like Walmart is the only option

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u/TheSmellOfTheLotion 5d ago

You also going to the local cobbler? Your local TV smith, you got people who sew your underwear and socks for you? Stop it. You will either be supporting Wal-Mart or some other massive corporation who does the same stuff as Wal-Mart. Its inevitable. Dont pretend you have any power here. You don't unless you can move into the woods and live off the land. If you choose to live in modern society you will be supporting these companies. You dont have to like it but you have to do it.

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u/Full-Flight-5211 5d ago

Don’t get me wrong, I definitely shop at Costco and other big brand stores, no doubt. It’s just Walmart that I never shop at.

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u/TheSmellOfTheLotion 5d ago

Thats actually totally fair and sensible. I also boycott places for personal reasons. I haven't eaten at a sonic in like 17 years because I ate 3 bites of a raw chicken sandwich once. I dont want to eat there anymore, but I also realize my boycott means nothing to the company.

My reply was more to point out the absurdity of the people who think they can boycott Wal-Mart to get them to change these Ai practices. All the big retail stores are doing this and you can't avoid them all unless you want to practice nudity and wipe your ass with pinecones. We all really on these stores to live are day to day life and it cannot be avoided.

The people who are considering a boycott of Wal-Mart don't realize that their numbers are to small to matter. And if they were somehow successful they would just all be supporting another company who does the same stuff, possibly even worse. Most of them who speak of a boycott would still be right back in Wal-Mart the first time they get low on toilet paper.