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What's your list of banned brands?

What brands do you avoid at all cost? I don’t keep up with the news all that much, and many of the reasons to avoid something don’t make it there anyway. So I’m asking here to make a big list of things to avoid. It could be anything from bad security practices to really frustrating packaging. Working as a cashier myself, I definitely know there are plenty of brands I avoid purely on the basis that their product is a pain to stock.

On the flip side, what’s the alternative? If you avoid Pepsi, for example, what do you turn to instead?

Vanth ,
@Vanth@reddthat.com avatar

Starbucks. Union busting. Support of Israeli government committing genocide. Bad takes on race and gender. And they burn their beans to shit.

SethranKada OP ,
@SethranKada@lemmy.ca avatar

Fair enough. I’ve never been, don’t much like coffee, and I can’t say I ever plan to go there. They don’t sound like the most pleasant of places to relax in.

pineapplelover ,

Even if you like coffee, they make absolute shit coffee. Go to a local coffee place instead. I like my Vietnamese coffee, so any Vietnamese coffee place will give me much better cup.

black0ut ,
@black0ut@pawb.social avatar

Oh, the starbucks “thing” isn’t even coffee. You’re not losing anything by not going.

hal_5700X , (edited )

Gillette. Due to their toxic masculinity ad. Why are they talking about that stuff? I went to them for shaving stuff, not for a talk about toxic masculinity or whatever. The good thing about the ad. It got me into safety razors. They’re way better then cartridge razors. So thank you, Gillette. For making me stop using cheap plastic razors.

SethranKada OP ,
@SethranKada@lemmy.ca avatar

Reasonable. Personally, I never learned how to use a razor, so I just use an electric shaver. It doesn’t give as good a cut, but I’m happy to contribute to a boycott anyway.

ladfrombrad ,
@ladfrombrad@lemdro.id avatar

Personally, I never learned how to use a razor

🤔

Alright. Ima be ur daddy and tell you have to shave in 3 minutes flat.

  • Acquire some BIC single blade razors
  • Head to shower, put it on steaming hot and apply steaming hot water to face. Getting a hot towel after getting out of the shower and leaving it on your face for a while makes a tough shave even moar comfortable.
  • Lather shaving foam all over face
  • Run BIC razor under cold running water and shave until your face is like a baby’s bum
  • Rinse thoroughly with cold water to remove all lather
AlligatorBlizzard ,

If it’s the ad I’m thinking of, I actually kinda liked it. But I definitely agree with you on the safety razors. Better shave and better for the planet. Don’t buy plastic cartridge razors, you’re getting ripped off and needlessly contributing to the plastic problem. Now if only I could find blades that a 100 pack didn’t mean 20 plastic 5-packs of blades, but it still is a lot less waste than a cartridge razor.

Blizzard ,

Same here. It got me to try other brands (I used to buy Gillette out of a habit) and all of them turned out to be better and cheaper. In the end - Wilkinson for the win!

Also, you got me to look up what a safety razor is. Looks classy!

TheBigBrother ,

Apple

SethranKada OP ,
@SethranKada@lemmy.ca avatar

Relatable. I’m in a pretty Apple heavy area, so I’m in the minority in my dislike of anything Apple. At least they are easy to avoid, with how obvious they make their branding.

owenfromcanada ,
@owenfromcanada@lemmy.world avatar

Obligatory: fuck Nestle

SethranKada OP ,
@SethranKada@lemmy.ca avatar

Fair enough. They’re so big I need an app just to keep track of if something’s made by them or not.

eatham ,
@eatham@aussie.zone avatar

Which app? Is it on f-droid?

SethranKada OP ,
@SethranKada@lemmy.ca avatar

Sorry, I wasn’t very clear with my reply. I haven’t actually found an app that does this kind of thing very well, just yet. My reply was more in the line of “I wish I had an app to do this, because searching the internet takes forever”.

Some brief searching came up nowhere when I went looking a few hours ago. I did find two apps on Google Play that seemed like they might work, but both had their own blend of issues, and neither was on f-droid, unfortunately. They were “No Thanks” and “Boycott X”, if you want to try them out.

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