Post by @ozoned@btfree.social

I was just thinking, it'd be really easy to boycott online services. But with so many mergers, and companies are so big, you never know who owns what anymore.

So I was wondering, have anyone made any kind of web browser extension that lets you list a company and you put in why you don't want to support them and it gets all of that company's holdings, and hell even friends, and when you go to that website it pops up a warning reminding you why you hate them and a list of alternatives to support?

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Pimpdaddysupreme

@pdsmix@retro.pizza 7 mo. ago

@ozoned a quick search shows there are a few out there that might be in line with your needs. The real question is, what browser do you use when doing it? https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/the-wall-boycott-assistan/kocebhffdnlgdahkbfeopdokcoikipam?hl=en&pli=1

The wall - Boycott assistant - Chrome Web Store

Put more than 19,000 Boycott-worthy companies behind a wall 🧱

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Pimpdaddysupreme

@pdsmix@retro.pizza 7 mo. ago

@Susan60 @ozoned Tru Dat!

Chaddicus

@wombatpandaa@mastodon.social 7 mo. ago

@ozoned libredirect does that to a small degree, redirecting from social media to their free counterparts or wrappers.

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ozoned

@ozoned 7 mo. ago

@teresa_athome@mastodon.online right?!? I want to avoid Amazon, but there are companies now that ONLY ship through Amazon. How can we support each other in quitting? How do we all work together to ditch the Big Tech?

We have ad blockers yes, but what if you had an app that just blocked things. You could also clearly show someone when a website breaks that yes, Google, Facebook, Amazon, are EVERYWHERE.

Probably easier said than done though as there's so many servers out there. IDK how you'd block it all. Something like CBS or Netflix shouldn't be too difficult.

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ozoned

@ozoned 7 mo. ago

@teresa_athome@mastodon.online I've thought about an internet nutrition label. That kind of thing would be helpful as well. :-

HumanizeMobility

@HumanizeMobility@troet.cafe 7 mo. ago

@ozoned That is a brilliant idea. Did a quick search an found #boycottbeacon:
https://boycott-beacon.github.io/
Not precisely your idea but similar.

ozoned

@ozoned 7 mo. ago

@HumanizeMobility@troet.cafe yeah seems close, but hasn't been updated in 10 months. Wonder if it's still active.

gary

@gary_alderson@infosec.exchange 7 mo. ago

@ozoned try pihole and some redirects #zone transfer #ad blocker #web filter #Drollodex

ozoned

@ozoned 7 mo. ago

@gary_alderson@infosec.exchange what is **#Drollodex ?

gary

@gary_alderson@infosec.exchange 7 mo. ago

@ozoned so you want me to be droll about it? it is my proposed name for you netfiltering app - think of it as a choose your own adventure game or something #advices #drollodex

ozoned

@ozoned 7 mo. ago

@gary_alderson@infosec.exchange Oh got you. Interesting. IDK if ad filtering would work. I just want like a popup, like those annoying cookie pop ups, but it's from a past you reminding you not to give in to the website you're at.

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