What do you boycott? e.g. games, music, shows, food

  • hoagecko(he/his)@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    While I’m not in favor of boycotting culture, I do feel like boycotting products and services that incorporate it.

    So I try to buy boycotted cultural products secondhand whenever possible.

    This way, I can legally obtain culture, but it prevents American companies from making any additional profits. (Naturally, I avoid using Amazon[.]com when making these purchases.)

    The problem then arises when an American artist performs in the country where I live.

    Naturally, experiential entertainment cannot be recorded, meaning it cannot be purchased secondhand. This issue determines whether a boycott is feasible based on how individual artists respond to corruption in the United States.

    Separately, I also try to avoid cultural dependency on social media platforms such as YouTube and x[.]com by prioritizing domestic alternatives (such as Nico Nico Douga and mixi2).