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submitted 6 months ago by SethranKada@lemmy.ca to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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[-] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 months ago

Apple & Meta. I try to boycott Amazon in lieu of other online sellers but I don't always succeed. All non-union Starbucks. The latter is the one that has impacted my life the most because I used to spend my days studying at Starbucks. I Struggle to focus and concentrate on formal work of any kind while at home. We do have two unionized locations in town. They usually don't have any sitting room left, though because they are so close to the university campus.

[-] const_void@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 months ago
[-] irreticent@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

I'm not that familiar with them; why Lenovo?

[-] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 6 points 6 months ago

There's a bunch I know when I see them, but not many I can think of right on the spot. Apple, Liquid Death, and Celestial Seasonings are a few I can think of though. Apple for a million reasons; LD because I just find their whole campaign insanely obnoxious and everywhere I look and I hate that people are paying ridiculous prices for plane ass water in a can; Celestial Seasonings because it's straight up an actual cult.

[-] jimp@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago

Coca-Cola, Nestlé, Starbucks.

[-] PsychedSy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 months ago

Epic Games until they continue developing UT4. Motherfuckers.

[-] hperrin@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I avoid Nemix RAM, because the first time I bought a bunch of sticks from them, they had an 18% failure rate. I paid to ship the bad sticks back, and they sent me more bad sticks. Nemix said they worked fine, so I sent them the Memtest screenshot with all the errors. They didn’t want to pay shipping to replace them again, so I just returned them and got some Micron RAM, and it’s been working perfectly.

[-] PurplebeanZ@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago
[-] t_378@lemmy.one 5 points 6 months ago
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[-] andrewta@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Hyundai . i will never buy another one again. ever.

seats are hard as rocks. they break down way to fast. the rear view mirror is set way to low in the window creating a safety hazard for looking forward. it needs to be set much higher on the window. (so i have to look up a little to see the mirror... so f'ing what?!) get the damned thing higher so it doesn't block my view when i try to look front and right of the car.

that's just a few of my annoyances with that car. i'm done with that company.

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[-] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Adidas. McDonald's. Starbucks.

[-] kaffiene@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Samsung. & Vodafone. For NZrs: Fisher & Pykel.

F&P quality is shit and the first two have awful customer service. Samsung also, while they do innovate, lack quality and don't stick by their products.

Also: HP and Apple. Shitty lock-in tactics

[-] ulkesh@beehaw.org 4 points 6 months ago
[-] suction@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Tesla, Red Bull, Believe Music, Microsoft, Samsung, so many more I can’t think of right now

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