The international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement are calling on people to cancel Game Pass subscriptions, avoid Microsoft-owned video game properties such as Minecraft and Call Of Duty, and boycott all Microsoft Gaming and Xbox-branded products in protest at the company’s reported business connections with the Israeli military.

The call follows allegations this January about the Israeli military’s usage of Microsoft’s Azure cloud technology and artificial intelligence products in the course of its bombardment and invasion of Gaza.

According to a joint investigation between the Guardian, Israeli-Palestinian publication +972 Magazine and Hebrew-language outlet Local Call, with additional reporting from Drop Site News, Microsoft have “deepened” their relationship with Israel’s defence establishment since 7th October 2023, when several Palestinian militant groups struck across the border and massacred over a thousand people. Israel responded to the attack by mounting a ground offensive and airstrikes that have destroyed much of Gaza and killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The most cowardly and entitled boycott is certainly the one where you still consume without spending money.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

So, the company you supporting publicly uses torrent, to feed its AI model, to Murder on camera, children, women, fist aid worker, journalist and innocents people. Yet, you call someone using the pirated content weak?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Video games are a luxury and it should be easy to avoid them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago

And piracy means that you can enjoy them without having to support whatever bad shit happened to make them so you don't need to avoid them

Pretty simple stuff, really

[–] [email protected] 5 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

its in fact the best boycott. boycotts have nothing to do with personal sacrifice. rub it in their faces and force them to spend millions in DRM, or pay up.

just don't suck up to corporations.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Better than not boycotting though.