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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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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 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