#consumerpower — Public Fediverse posts

We tend to think that markets reflect consumer choice

But the artificial-intelligence boom has been powered by the investment decisions of concentrated capital rather than by consumer demand
https://jacobin.com/2026/08/ai-llms-monopoly-bubble-capital

#fucksamaltman #bigtech #fuckai #llms #uspol #aitheft #techbros #aibubble #ai #consumerpower #nobodylikesai #aisuc

Tech sucks: You have to vote with your wallet, or nothing will change

https://82mhz.net/posts/2026/08/tech-sucks-you-have-to-vote-with-your-wallet-or-nothing-will-change/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49232570

#HackerNews #techsucks #votewithyourwallet #change #techindustry #consumerpower

Buy European. Support local. Our spending is a choice — and choices have consequences. Let’s strengthen our own economies. #BuyEuropean #SupportLocal #EU #ConsumerPower

Canada is leading the U.K. and France in boycotting American goods due to Trump’s tariffs
#Canada #Trump #USA #UK #France #TrumpTariffs #BoycottUSGoods #TradeWar #ConsumerPower #Tariffs #PoliticalBoycott #USCanada #TradeRelations #GlobalTrade #Politics
https://the-14.com/canada-is-leading-the-u-k-and-france-in-boycotting-american-goods-due-to-trumps-tariffs/

📎 Meet my new profile icon: Clippy the Paperclip! 🖇️✨

You might recognize this little guy from the ‘90s, but Clippy’s back—and this time, he’s a symbol of resistance! 🛠️💙 Inspired by Louis Rossmann, Clippy has become the mascot of a growing digital rebellion against Big Tech’s planned obsolescence, surveillance, and the "shitification" of everything we love. He’s here to remind us that tech should serve people, not the other way around.

I personalized mine with a blue beret. That’s my little wink to Blue Beanie Day—and web accessibility—to make the internet work for everyone. (Because yes, even the revolution needs to be inclusive! 😉)

P.S. If anyone knows how to add alt text to profile pics, let me know—I’d love to have an image description in my profile!

P.P.S. 📎 To fight against Big Tech's "shitification" and advocate for the right to repair and personal ownership, visit fulu.org/newsletter

📎 To get information on how to repair products you own and choose privacy-respecting and consumer-friendly products for your next purchase, visit https://consumerrights.wiki/Main_Page

#ClippyRebellion #RightToRepair #DigitalRights #PrivacyMatters #A11y #BlueBeanieDay #TechForGood #FixItDontTossIt #AntiSurveillance #WebForAll #RightToRepair #digitalrights #privacy #cybersecurity #freedom #StopChatControl #NoMassSurveillance #SavePrivacy #TechPolicy #ActNow #clippy #AntiObsolescence #TechForGood #SustainableTech #ConsumerRights #FixItDontTossIt #RepairRevolution #EthicalTech #PrivacyMatters #DIYRepair #ConsumerPower #BuyItForLife #DigitalPrivacy #EUtechPolicy #PrivacyIsARight #OSA #StopBillC2 #NoMassSurveillance #CanadianPrivacy #StopSwissSpying #PrivacyNotParanoia #NoBigBrotherCH #DemokratieStattÜberwachungsstaat #Überwachungsstaat

Retailers and shoppers navigate the green maze ♻️🛒 in online shopping! Experts reveal how to spot legit eco certifications, avoid greenwashing, and shop smarter for the planet 🌍💡. Sustainability is complex, but transparency from brands & third-party verifications help guide the way. Read more: https://apnews.com/article/climate-shopping-online-sustainability-greenwashing-ecommerce-retail-0f8583fd053868016289a6af08f6b4ea #SustainableShopping #GreenShopping #ClimateAction #EcoFriendly #ConsumerPower#newz

** Costco , embracing Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI), saw 7.7M more visits in the last 4 weeks. Meanwhile Target , pushing Uniformity, Inequity, & Exclusion, lost 5M visits. America thrives on DEI. Keep making a difference! #DEIMatters #ConsumerPower** #boycottTarget hold into your wallet

@ambientspace @sumisu3 #ConsumerPower 💪 Perfect timing for #Beeroclock 🍻

#GoodsUniteUs has apps for Android and iOS that help you see the political activity and affiliations of many brands and corporations.

#ConsumerPower #activism
https://www.goodsuniteus.com/

Was ist eigentlich drin in dem Produkt, das ich gerade kaufen will? Oft scheitern Verbraucher*innen an kryptischen Bezeichnungen für die Inhaltsstoffe von Lebensmitteln oder Kosmetika. Hier hilft die #YukaApp weiter. https://www.oeko.de/magazin/die-macht-der-verbraucherinnen/bei-gruen-kaufen/

#NachhaltigerKonsum #Umweltschutz #Klimaschutz #Ressourcenschutz #NachhaltigeTransformation #ConsumerPower #Transparenz

I’m horrified to learn that the private label toilet paper at big box stores often comes from destroyed rain forests. Please boycott with me. #rainforests #climate #environment #boycott #consumerpower #nrdc https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/selling-worlds-forest-retailer-protections-report.pdf

Yeah, well I am a consumer of products, care about the values of the companies I support, vote in every election, never been on Tik-Tok and don't want to be.

So maybe dial back the viral/tech crap and dial up the attention you give to the environment, the health of society, and quality service/products for your consumers.

There's lots of people like me who will notice.

https://www.axios.com/2023/12/16/crisis-expert-molly-mcpherson-tiktok-reputation

#commerce
#socialmedia
#tiktok
#consumerpower

If people don't *own* the items we *purchase*, then piracy clearly isn't stealing. Right?

#CorporateGreed #ConsumerPower

Introducing my latest oil painting from the "Digital Shamans" series: "Water Shaman Cleansing a Polluted River". This piece is a contemplative forest scene featuring an ageless shamaness, who sits by a watercourse, using her magic to purify the water.

The painting is a reflection of the human relationship with the life-giving resource of water. Access to clean drinking water has become a luxury. Companies like Nestlé, CocaCola, and Pepsico are buying up freshwater sources worldwide, only to sell the residents their own water in plastic bottles. Profits are valued higher than the preservation of our common basis of life in capitalism.

This painting is a call to action: boycott companies like Nestlé, CocaCola, and Pepsico. Our influence as consumers is now greater than our voice in elections.

In the creation of this painting, I collaborated closely with the AI model GPT-4 to conceive the concept, and then used the generative designer AI Midjourney to create the digital template for the oil painting. This process is a testament to the harmony that can be achieved between human and artificial intelligence.

#Art #AI #DigitalShamans #CleanWater #BoycottNestle #BoycottCocaCola #BoycottPepsico #ConsumerPower #ArtificialIntelligence #ClimateJustice

Fascist Fashion.
Adidas...
https://mastodonapp.uk/@ArtBear/110531628637265167 #politics #consumer #consumerPower #boycott

Resist.
Rebel.
We're fed a constant diet of social & media nudges towards bad for our health, low nutrition, high impact, bad for environment, highly processed, high footprint energy water land use, massively subsidised by taxes, bad for humans + bad for other species and dishonest food products. Society bathes in an endless firehose of conform & control that these products are cool, sexy, necessary.
...
It's totally ok to resist that. That's the real cool, the real rebellion, remembering that we can make different choices much of the time & those choices do help.
Eating plants is cool. Salad is cool.
Rebel.
.. #food #cook #cooking #plantbased #vegan #wfpb #climate #environment #consumerPower