• ReallyZen@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    Then the eff with them. If something isn’t available retail, there’s a million other online retailers more local, more specialized, or just plain out of the manufacturer itself.

    You can live without. Or you help them becoming even more dominant.

    • Takeshidude@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      We try to, but when you’re living paycheck to paycheck, trying to find solutions to the moving target that is your wife’s fibromyalgia, have a growing, energetic baby boy, sometimes you can’t afford paying twice as much or more for the product that isn’t sold on amazon, assuming such an alternative exists.

      Unfortunately, lots of people can’t afford to shop with a conscience

      • _g_be@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        Absolutely this. Blaming the consumer when the system has been rigged is a bad take