I have two choices in this town- a big box store or buy from Amazon. At least I don’t have to get in my car and drive 10 miles, park in the back of a parking lot, be bombarded by corporate propaganda in the form of visuals and audio, annoyed by salespeople who have been told to annoy me on purpose and finally get to the toilet seat, then stand on line for 20 minutes because they have one cashier and the guy at the front of the line wants to pay in a combination of a handwritten check, pennies and lottery tickets and won’t listen to the fact that they don’t accept checks, pennies or lottery tickets, then walk through the parking lot and drive back home if I buy from Amazon.
Other than that, what difference does it make? Either one horrible megacorporation gets my money or the other one does.
The fact is, those of us outside of larger cities, we don’t have a lot of options much of the time. There is no small business hardware store here. Not anymore.
The fact is, those of us outside of larger cities, we don’t have a lot of options much of the time. There is no small business hardware store here. Not anymore.
Perhaps not, but are there not online alternatives to amazon?
Exactly how much time should I spend searching for a non-major corporation to buy a toilet seat online from? You obviously have no ideas yourself how to do this. What small mom and pop internet shop do you get every piece of hardware you need from?
The fact is, those of us outside of larger cities, we don’t have a lot of options much of the time. There is no small business hardware store here. Not anymore.
Even those of us who live in areas with “lots of options” don’t have lots of options. I regularly (less so lately) waste days calling or driving to stores that should have what I seek, find nothing, then end up ordering from Amazon anyway.
I don’t doubt that, and I just don’t see why it matters if my money goes to Lowes or goes to Amazon when, at the end of the day, both companies rake in cash while exploiting their workers and damaging the environment, so I’m pretty much fucked no matter what I do.
This is also why should join a small instance. A large one doesn’t even notice you. A small one does and feels gratitude.
It’s like this with a lot of things in life. The big chains don’t care about you whatsoever. A small boutique on the corner will recognize you and know your name.
I wish we would go back to local farming, grow our own food and trade with neighbour’s for groceries. I don’t like big corps anymore for anything.
I’m on a small instance and a large proportion of the lemmyverse is behind a fog of war. I can see some replies to my comments in my inbox, but not when I open the post. Also I’m seeing comms say they have xyz subscribers but I only see 2. Some comms I see no comments but my own. What I see logged in isn’t what I see logged out. Small instances have their drawbacks too. I’m still happy here though.
(I agree with you on the rest though. That’s my life goal.)
Yeah I have been thinking about this fog of war a bit. How can we spread word about what’s happening so everyone finds out? Because it matters for choosing an instance. If something is blocked on instance level, it should be clearly said why.
Why does logging in hide so much from me? As for spreading the word, I’ve had no luck getting my old reddit friends over. It’s too much trouble for them. Most people will put up with a ridiculous amount of BS.
Oh I see, thanks! But then why am I able to see certain comment replies only via my inbox but not when I view the actual thread? There are so many comments that aren’t visible to me when logged in. I think this is the kind of thing that puts people off lemmy.
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