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Just goes to show how corporations actually feel about diversity and equality. They're all racist, sexist and homophobic but they all write their policy to appear like they aren't until they are allowed to show their true colours.
The thing is they don't have colours they just go where the wind blows.
Companies have no feelings. They just do whatever's best for the bottom line.
I guarantee that we will see calls to repeal the Civil Rights Act if this continues, and comrade it's just getting started.
Never heard of the Irish Star before. I went looking for a secondary source. So far CNN and MSNBC are not reporting on this. But interestingly the Washington post is.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/01/10/amazon-removes-black-trans-rights/
Fuck this guy, with his own dildo rocket straight to any assteroid he wants to mine.
Oh good another company to not give my money to. I will be saving a lot this year.
I wonder what makes the author of the article think that Bezos did this. The CEO of Amazon has been Andy Jassy since 2021.
Bezos is still Executive Chair on the board of directors, who Jassy reports to. Nothing controversial would be done without Bezos knowing.
I think its because the largest individual shareholder is still bezos. Shareholders elect the board, and the board appoints the CEO.
You can live without Twitch. Once you leave, you have so much time to do other stuff. Stuff that are so much better than watch other people play games or eat ramen in Tokyo. Go play games yourself and see the world around you with your own eyes. You can also stop ordering useless new stuff. Visit thrift stores or buy second hand online.
Or watch via Twitch xtra.
Wtf. Amazon owns Twitch? The whole anti-monopoly thing is just a suggestion rather than a rule ig.
Just last night I was going through all my subscribe and save items and finding alternatives. I stored them in a spreadsheet (LibreOffice). My last order is already in motion and once delivered that's it. Amazon is gone.
Other changes I've made or am in the process of making:
Where I'm stuck and looking for help: What do I do for my next phone? Android and Apple are both at the table supporting this mess. Linux alternatives seem like huge downgrades at the moment... any advice?
Anyone switching to a flip phone?
I have been thinking about getting a Murena Fairphone.
That's a good idea. Keep in mind that you can also install other OSs on a FairPhone: LineageOS, iodéOS, CalyxOS (unfortunately not GrapheneOS). A FairPhone can be a good hardware choice, and with it you still have the ability to choose an OS.
I might actually try to install on my existing Android Fairphone.i have been very lazy the last few years in terms of installing Linux on my desktop and hacking around with stuff. I was also considering Sailfish but I think E/OS / Murena is the way to go.
I've closed almost every account as well. I like Bluesky and PixelFed so far. As far as phones go, I'm just going to keep my same Android for now. It's old and I will not upgrade until I have to. I use fdroid for everything. I though of switching to Apple, but as you said, they are kissing the ring too. Sad times.
It's always worth cutting ties with Amazon.
Just about everything is available from somewhere else, and probably cheaper with their enormous fees they charge the sellers.
If it isn't available elsewhere, it's probably an Aliexpress fire hazard anyway.
Member 10 years ago when tech billionaires sucked up to Democrats
Yeah... now Trump will give them everything they want as long as they kiss his ass.
Wait, rainbow capitalism wasn't sincere?
I left the Amazon ecosystem a couple of years ago because fuck Bezos and it wasn't a big deal, really. Accumulating stuff is a mindset I could reason myself out of. I call it the power of No, thank you. I buy mostly second hand now and it's so calming. Saves me money as well.
Closed my account last night. Made my partner close theirs and cancel prime too.
Okie-dokie.
I guess I can delete "slow down if I see Jeff Bezos crossing the street" from my policies.
They'll kiss whatever ring they need to kiss. The only moral these people have is "number go up". Fuck this planet.
Don't worry guys, all these corporations will bring back those pretty rainbow logos for Pride Month™ and all will be forgotten.
except this will be the start of the year they stop doing that, because now it becomes the "popular" side to not support it.
Hahahaha!
Its funny how these corpos were praised when they raised the LGBT colors, back then they were the moral compas of the western societies, now they're "fascist".
Maybe people won't forget that the companies would do anything in order to increase profits. They never cared about anyone rights, else they wouldn't use slave labor in southeast Asia, or Sub-Saharan Africa.
God I hate sites that instantly play video ads. Like if I want my phoneplan fast data going to that. Wanted to read. Did not.
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Remember when Bezos pretended to be in opposition to Trump? That was nice while it lasted.
we advocate for policies designed to remove barriers to equity
Holy shit that’s the most corpo speak “we don’t believe in affirmative action” policy I’ve ever heard
It is a shame it is always the same companies. I can only boycott them once.
Another reason to buy things directly from the manufacturer rather then from Amazon. It's generally cheaper as well.
Sounds like another great reason for Amazon workers to organize a labor union.
How do I leave AWS?
I use S3, EC2, SNS (or whatever they call it now), email, cloudfront
I want the same fast servers and CDN. I can probably pay someone else for email and sms services
