• DdCno1@beehaw.org
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    1 month ago

    Why would RAM manufacturers or large tech companies that have both stopped caring about consumers as customers be bothered by a boycott done by said consumers? Are you not seeing the problem here?

    • ㄖㄨㄖㄙ祂@retrolemmy.com
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      1 month ago

      I am seeing that the term “boycott” means vastly different things to historians and the average emptor.
      When I say «boycott,» what is the first that comes to your mind?

      For me, it’s this.
      A rioting mob of Luddites, British workers who were opposed to increasing mechanization of jobs.🔗

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        30 days ago

        Boycotts are by definition non-violent. You can’t just use an outdated definition or make up your own if you want people to understand what you’re trying to communicate. Just say riot, uprising or revolt instead.