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?

  • Artyom@lemm.ee
    3·
    2 months ago

    Literally all of them. Any big company is doing evil things, and I doubt there is an exception to that rule. Shop local, grocery shop at a co-op, eat local, prioritize products you know are actually made in your home country. Most importantly; just buy less. Repair the things you own, take care of them, borrow from friends. Never buy something “surprisingly cheap”.

  • andreas@lemmy.kfed.org
    2·
    2 months ago

    I’m a big privacy and FOSS advocate so my list is kinda long, but the main ones are:

    -> Google (I use GrapheneOS)

    -> TikTok

    -> Tesla (too much data collection)

    -> Microsoft (self explanatory, however for some things I need to keep an w10 LTSC VM configured)

    -> Adobe (same reasons as Michaelsoft)

    -> OpenAI (same reasons as Michaelsoft, but I do use it inside a vm in no-account mode for some work related things)

    -> Uber (oh man that app is digital herpes)

    -> Spotify

    -> Facebook/Meta

    -> Dropbox

    -> Whatsapp

  • jinarched@lemm.ee
    2·
    2 months ago

    Nestle, Microsoft, Reddit, Roku, Meta, X, Google (as much as possible). I would boycott so many of them if it was possible, but I particularly avoid those because I especially hate them.

  • SSJMarx@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    2 months ago

    Metallica. I will never listen to one of their songs legally, if I can help it. File sharing shouldn’t be a crime.

  • SuperCub@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    2 months ago

    HiSense - they make appliances and they’re junk

    All bottled water - no one needs them and it’s plastic that’s here forever

    Temu - disposable shit

    Bath and Body Works - the creators of microbeads (plastic) hand soap

    Teflon - poisoned my town’s water

    Chick-fil-A - evangelist food, no thanks

    • thegreenguy@sopuli.xyz
      01·
      2 months ago

      All bottled water - no one needs them and it’s plastic that’s here forever

      Depends on where you live. It’s a bit ignorant to say “no one needs them”. Also sometimes you have no choice, like maybe in an airport.

      • dubyakay@lemmy.ca
        1·
        2 months ago

        Yes yes, exceptions.

        I live in one of the worst cities regarding lead in the drinking water though, thanks to old pipes, but a waterfilter solved all this.

  • Angry_Autist (he/him)@lemmy.world
    1·
    20 days ago

    I try and not support many corporate brands, and buy local produce and meats.

    It’s easier to avoid problem companies by not buying any of the millions of cheap snack foods that are basically just repackaged corn syrup and starches.

  • Vitaly@feddit.uk
    1·
    2 months ago

    I try to avoid all the brands that still work in russia because I don’t want to fund the terrorist state