The moment I start seeing Meta content here is the moment I leave. People are being very, VERY naive in thinking that the Fediverse is immune to corporate interest. Judging by the Mastodon response, we are already seeing that it’s not.
My two cats died, vet’s bill ate all my savings and today my car, that I use to get to work, broke and I got no money left to fix it. Got no family to help.
Not my best day for sure.
It is possible, but Beehaw users won’t see your comment (I may be wrong, this is still a bit complicated for me as well).
While I agree that we have a duty to avoid unethical brands whenever possible, there’s just no way to escape them all. I live in a poor country and I there’s a lot of “bad stuff” I have to buy just because it’s what I can affford at the moment.
There is no ethical consumption under capitalism.