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Post by sbachman » Sat, Jan 31, 2026, 2:32 PM UTC

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Post by andsoitis » Sat, Jan 31, 2026, 2:39 PM UTC

Scott Galloway lists a bunch of companies he says should be boycotted: Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft.

And: Meta, Uber, Netflix, OpenAI, X.

Also: AT&T, Comcast, Charter, Dell, FedEx, Marriott, Spotify, UPS.

I am willing to bet both my testicles that he is not practicing what he's preaching and is most likely just seeking attention, grifting, building brand. Oh, and to get your details for his mailing list. Don't be fooled.

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Post by stray » Sat, Jan 31, 2026, 2:48 PM UTC

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Post by verdverm » Sat, Jan 31, 2026, 3:01 PM UTC

stray wrote: post #3

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The election was decided by about 100k people in three states. Considering turnout as well, most people did not vote for this

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jan 31, 2026, 3:02 PM UTC

andsoitis wrote: post #2

Scott Galloway lists a bunch of companies he says should be boycotted: Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft. And: Meta, Uber, Netflix, OpenAI, X. Also: AT&T, Comcast, Charter, Dell, FedEx, Marriott, Spotify, UPS. I am willing to bet both my testicles that he is not practicing what he's preaching and is most likely just seeking attention, grifting, building brand. Oh, and to get your details for his mailing list. Don'…

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Post by 10729287 » Sat, Jan 31, 2026, 3:03 PM UTC

That Instagram * was hilarious. Everybody got a good excuse to stay on any other service here. Boycotting something you don’t care about or don’t take any benefit from is easy.

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Post by verdverm » Sat, Jan 31, 2026, 3:03 PM UTC

andsoitis wrote: post #2

Scott Galloway lists a bunch of companies he says should be boycotted: Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft. And: Meta, Uber, Netflix, OpenAI, X. Also: AT&T, Comcast, Charter, Dell, FedEx, Marriott, Spotify, UPS. I am willing to bet both my testicles that he is not practicing what he's preaching and is most likely just seeking attention, grifting, building brand. Oh, and to get your details for his mailing list. Don'…

For sure, SG is part of the political pendant class and attention economy.

That being said, I have been cancelling various services for their associations with ICE and generally cozying up to America's first authoritarian regime

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Post by StilesCrisis » Sat, Jan 31, 2026, 3:04 PM UTC

andsoitis wrote: post #2

Scott Galloway lists a bunch of companies he says should be boycotted: Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft. And: Meta, Uber, Netflix, OpenAI, X. Also: AT&T, Comcast, Charter, Dell, FedEx, Marriott, Spotify, UPS. I am willing to bet both my testicles that he is not practicing what he's preaching and is most likely just seeking attention, grifting, building brand. Oh, and to get your details for his mailing list. Don'…

Not to mention both Home Depot _and_ Lowes. Need to fix that leaky toilet? Guess you'll need to wait until 2029!

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Post by avalys » Sat, Jan 31, 2026, 3:07 PM UTC

Ridiculous nonsense. Boycott Fedex because of a $2.3M delivery contract with ICE? Cancel Spectrum internet because there is an ICE field office in Texas that uses them? Cancel Comcast because they provide cable TV? Unsubscribe from Netflix because...no reason?

No wonder it is organized by a professor of marketing who has been building a personal brand of hating the tech companies for a decade.

Boycott this performative nonsense.