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What's your list of banned brands? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 month ago by SethranKada@lemmy.ca to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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?

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[–] i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca 63 points 1 month ago (8 children)

I gave up trying to maintain a principled list of companies because globalization and supply chains make it too hard to really find a single asshole.

Your chocolate was picked by slaves. Your clothes were almost certainly made by exploited workers. Does that toy have a lithium ion battery? You’re not going to like how many of the raw materials were extracted. The name of the company on the sticker of the shit you bought is just a small piece of the rot.

[–] Tagger@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Tony's Chocolate ...

[–] BlorpTheHagraven@startrek.website 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

So god damn good too

[–] neo2478@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They did a limited run of copycat chocolates as a fuck you to the other makers, and they were so much better than the originals. Especially their Twix and snickers.

[–] Tagger@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

The toblerone one is incredible!

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