The February Big Tech Boycott

[rebeccmeister]

Have you heard about this February Big Tech Boycott in protest of Big Tech's support of ICE's activities in the United States?

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/07/nx-s1-5704402/boycott-tech-ice-scott-galloway

I've personally already had a slew of other reasons to boycott a number of these companies, but I'm still interested in continuing to cut any financial ties to them, wherever and whenever I can. I've blogged before about how challenging it can get to track down certain kinds of things in my area, which is part of the challenge of not handing money to companies that engage in unscrupulous and/or unethical business practices.

So I just wanted to bring this boycott to your attention, in case you hadn't already heard about it, and note that I am personally aiming to continue my efforts to disengage from these companies as much as possible.

Comments

[threemeninaboat]

I had not: we had already tried very hard to not buy from Amazon. They are the only carrier of the Tuffy Dragon Dog Toy. you might think get another dog toy, if you have not had a piranha.
And I get Kindle Unlimited when I travel because I read much faster than the library. So we are down to less than $200 a year as opposed to more than that a month.

It's hard when you hear that other people still shop at Target, etc. But yes, we had already been doing 99% of the media consumption from the library and piracy.

[rebeccmeister]

I'm having to think things like, "Get lumber from Curtis Lumber, not the Despot." But I don't know where I might get cinderblocks from.

And yes, 100% understanding of the Tuffy Dragon Dog Toy.

I guess for me for books it has mostly been the Kobo ereader, not sure how evil that is.

But your point holds, some of us have already been doing a lot on this front (+buying and making art!). I think it's still good to work on continuing to support each other!

[twoeleven]

I hadn't heard of it either. On the one hand, I actively avoid antisocial media, so I'm somewhat unlikely to have heard it, but on the other hand, you're not the only one of my friends who's politically active, and this is the first time any of them has mentioned it.

This suggests a failure to publicize this boycott, rendering it ineffective. Economic pressure really does need to be applied en masse for anybody to notice, much less change anybody's mind.

But I have other thoughts on the problem. :) Perhaps later.

[rebeccmeister]

Yeah, I found it interesting that I only learned about it via this NPR story, not via any other channels. (and hence, likely failure)