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FYI HP (and Dell, but not Lenovo) are priority targets on the BDS list. Please do not support them even if they support Linux.
What's the "BDS" list? Never heard of it.
Src: https://bdsmovement.net/Guide-to-BDS-Boycott
Sooo, i get it but this still doesn't explain what BDS is. Boycott Dis Shit?
edit- my ADHD ass missed the link.
.... Why... or how, would McDonald's support Israel and the IDF?
I mean, that seems such an easy target to avoid and just go "I'm staying out of this one" for any company, but McDonald's? That just has to be for the sport
they give away free food to the idf.
Cruelly ironic, considering the IDF used starvation as a weapon.
even more so when you consider that they're using healthier ingredients for the idf instead of the toxic sludge that they serve to americans.
I read it as "BSD" at first glance and i was like "damn, i didn't knew the Linux communty declared war on BSD" 😭
I hate when I already don't buy from any of these companies, so I can't really join the boycott for this. At least some of them I am boycotting for other reasons, not just because they make a shit product. Intell, for example, I'll buy from AMD every time first.
Sadly, AMD is in Israel as well, although to a lesser degree.
AMD's not just in Israel, Lisa Su has been visiting the white house lately.
Siemens is on there?
As an electrical engineer, I guess I know which company is NOT selling my circuit breakers now.
https://bdsmovement.net/
I read it as "BDSM Movement"...
Like ATM machine.
I might shorten this to BDSM in the future though...
Bdsm....
Boycott divest and sanction israel
Damn I just looked that up and WIX is on the list. WTF, WIX? Damnit
They're an Israeli company so they're included by default. I think they just get their own entry as they a decently large organisation.
Oh wow I did not realize that's where they are from. Really too bad because they make quality filters. That's okay I will buy a different brand regardless
I believe it's Wix the website builder, not Wix the filter company.
Lmao they both have a black text logo with a yellow accent.
Hooray!
Meh, they're shit anyways.