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Goodbye, you won’t be missed
Goodbye, you won’t be missed
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Yes I’m forced to used Amazon because AWS hosts a lot of the internet. I literally have no choice. If I had a choice I would avoid it.
But I don’t contribute to their horrible work conditions in their warehouses. And it’s disingenuous to say the protest is only about Black Friday. The protests were on Black Friday because that’s when it would have the biggest impact on Amazon.
Too bad that people always let small personal inconveniences get in the way of human rights.
No app, just the website as far as I know. But you can cast from your phone.
I don’t know where you live, but this year for Black Friday Amazon workers from over 30 different countries protested over inhuman working contditions. Countries included Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, South Africa, Turkey and the U.K.
And anyway, even if they were treated well, you are still supporting a horrible company that exploits people globally.
Alternatively stop buying from a company that dehumanizes and exploit’s their employees to death
Might I introduce you to https://movie-web.app/ It’s a great in between while you wait for stuff to download
No one needs one day shipping. And the human toll that Amazon and their prime service takes on their workers should be enough for anyone to stop using their services wholesale.
I think climate change is one of the biggest issues we are facing today and we need immediate action.
And yet, I think this is such a shit take in this thread.
Yes, all humans are causing climate change, but the Russian government and military are insanely evil and are on a path of genocidal destruction.
Arguments like yours only hurt the climate change cause as you alienate people.
And yet these types of predatory fees are a very American thing (and of course probably many parts of the world I have no experience with) for the comparison below I will focus on US vs Europe.
Most European credit cards debit the full amount at the end of the month. If you don’t have enough money in your bank account, there is no overdraft fee. The overdraft becomes a loan which you pay a couple percent interest. Then eventually if you don’t pay that for long enough and the interest rising a bit more, the bank reaches out to you, and offer to close your count and make a payment plan for you. Otherwise it goes to collections.
The above happened to me when I was a student. I was able to quickly open another bank account for like 2 euros with another bank as well, and eventually paid off my debt.
That’s a fantastic explanation! Thank you!