Companies You are Currently Boycotting

[SinisterGehe]

McDonalds (Horrible products)
Hesburger (Local Finnish fastfood brand)
MAC (Over priced fashion products, not for me dear sir)
YLE "Finnish Broadcasting Company" "Finland's national broadcaster" (They demand you to pay the TV-license even if your TV can't watch TV/Digi TV broadcast, and sometimes they demand you to pay the license even if you dont have TV. Sometimes the inspectors come to your house demand to have look around for TV that can view the broadcast and if you don't let them they write you double fee from the License. You don't have to pay it but they keep sending them, they are not government officers and law doesn't demand you to pay it but it can have negative effect on your payment history. And love of god they demand 450 euros from a student that lives with the student money that is 250euros a month...
All those Dammed XBOX/PS3 I am PS user and will stay as one.

That's all I think...

 

[mr_pants66]

i have a list

1. EA (they closed pandemic studios and they do bad business)
2. Microsoft (they have THE WORST business practices)
3. Activison (this is a less bad one i just don't like the way they do business)
4. Apple software (i am ok with the hardware but the software is crap)
5. Ubisoft (only on the pc)
6. COD games (only after COD 4)

and there are more but i will make a REALLY long rant short
"if they have bad business practices then they don't deserve my or your money"

I disagree on EA and Microsoft.

I am fine with EA's Project $10, and beyond what they used to do with DRM (The whole Spore incident), I haven't heard anything negative about them from anyone.

Also, you don't buy form Microsoft or Apple? What're you on a Linux or something? XD *Cough* Anyway, I personally like Microsoft a lot. What've they done that's been bad business?

do you want Microsofts bad business in an alphabetical or order of events.

like look at it they pay other (3rd party) studios (rockstar, infinityward) to hold back content to other consoles, in my mind that is playing dirty they are using the fact they have insane amounts of money as a tool of leverage.
like look at halo they stole that off Mac just look Steve jobs already shown it them *boom* Microsoft jumps in and buys it out for the xbox

(excuse any grammar mistakes)

 

[tehroc]

I agree with Corpse XxX, I'm not boycotting Apple but I know I will NEVER own one of their stupidly expensive and easy to break products.

The iPod Nano 1 was alright, it went with me to construction and took quite the abuse and last until the battery finally died down to about 2 hours on full charge.

I moved on to cheaper mp3 players though, many of them offer better features.

 

[88chaz88]

Nothing. The whole idea of a boycott is stupid. If a game isn't worth my money, I won't buy it.

 

[Javex]

My Dell is awesome. I wish I had bought a Zune. I bought an iPod a while back, and while it worked, I could not figure out how the fuck to get new music onto the POS without deleting any music I had added previously. Like, say I had 30 songs, and then added 15 new songs, it would add the 15 and delete the 30. It pissed me off. I'm pretty good with computers, so I was infuriated with iTunes shittiness.

Fuck Apple, PC products and accessories from now on.

 

[8-Bit Grin]

I've never bought a game new.

Thus, I've pretty much boycotted the gaming industry as a whole.

...

Yeah, I'm going to hell.

 

[TheMidst]

McDonalds and Nestle.

Nestle?

What'd they do?

Don't even get me f'ing started on Nestle... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestle_boycott

I knew someone would say Nestle. I don't want to be a troll or anything, but keep in mind that it's big companies that are always targeted by stuff like that. It's the only reason the media gets involved, just saying. But I agree with the McDonalds boycott. It's terrible for you, and it doesn't even taste good.

 

[Jackle_666]

i have a list

1. EA (they closed pandemic studios and they do bad business)
2. Microsoft (they have THE WORST business practices)
3. Activison (this is a less bad one i just don't like the way they do business)
4. Apple software (i am ok with the hardware but the software is crap)
5. Ubisoft (only on the pc)
6. COD games (only after COD 4)

and there are more but i will make a REALLY long rant short
"if they have bad business practices then they don't deserve my or your money"

Just who exactly do you buy games from?

 

[meowchef]

I have yet to boycott any companies... but I am really uncomfortable purchasing Activision games or from Gamestop.

 

[Pandora92]

Any part of "Yum! brands" because of the horrific way they treat their animals, that includes Pizza Hut, KFC, and Taco Bell (not that there's any Taco Bells in the UK, but if there were I would still boycott them ).

 

[mr_pants66]

i have a list

1. EA (they closed pandemic studios and they do bad business)
2. Microsoft (they have THE WORST business practices)
3. Activison (this is a less bad one i just don't like the way they do business)
4. Apple software (i am ok with the hardware but the software is crap)
5. Ubisoft (only on the pc)
6. COD games (only after COD 4)

and there are more but i will make a REALLY long rant short
"if they have bad business practices then they don't deserve my or your money"

Just who exactly do you buy games from?

A very short list of good developers
in my mind they have to prove to me why i should by the game. if they can prove it is a good game and they are not playing sides when they make it i will buy it and if not then i would not want to buy it
i am a person that thinks all games should be on all consoles, not because there is some game i really want but i have the wrong console i just think that it would put the big "console war" to bed once and for all. after that happens it will be better for all of us.

 

[TheHecatomb]

KFC.

Never again.

 

[Lunatitch]

I don't boycott any company, it's useless... All remember the big "MW2 Boycott"?
Eventually, you will be tempted to purchase some product from said company. And like 88chaz88 said; if you don't like the game (or product) then don't buy that game/product.

Also, Hi Long time lurker, first time poster (I think...).

 

[Bat Vader]

I am kind of boycotting Apple. I will never buy one of Apple's products because I can get the same type of products cheaper and they work just as well as the products Apple makes.

 

[Spaloooooka]

I agree with Corpse XxX, I'm not boycotting Apple but I know I will NEVER own one of their stupidly expensive and easy to break products.

Expensive yes, easy to break... my ipods been through a lot of drops and been stepped on a fair few times, it is very dented from a 3kg mallet hitting it whilst I climbed a cliff in Scotland. it still works relatively well.

 

[firemark]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one that doesn't like Mac stuff. I have a buddy that bought one for $2k and brags about it all the time. Also I have an uncle that preaches about it to anyone that will listen. I think it's a waste of money and you have to dedicate everything you have to them so it will all be compatible. Oh well. That's the only company I refuse to buy stuff from.

 

[Sparrowsabre7]

I'm boycotting absolutely nothing because unless there's a major coordinated public boycot consisting of hundreds or even thousands of people, these companies won't even notice the loss. One person refusing to use a service or buy from a company isn't boycotting, it's sulking.

I agree. Plus I like stuff to much to really care about what the company is doing. Call me selfish if you will but I just don't care.

 

[Mr Montmorency]

I don't like wearing branded clothing because they charge more for the bloody logo. Not really a boycott, though, cause I'd buy the shirt anyway if it was cheap enough. My beef is really with shoes that cost £40 because it has "Vans" or something on it, when I can go to a charity shop and find the same shoes with no brand on it for about £5.

I also buy less games because they insist on holding part of the games hostage and calling them "DLC", then charging half or the price of the original game for it. It's like buying a movie and being told that you have to pay another £10 to see the last 20 minutes.

Project 10-Dollar also is gradually encouraging me to pirate, and the urge is getting strong at this point.

 

[Codenet]

Activison,for the obvious reasons. it annoys me how most of my favorite developers have started to go with them, i mean come on, even EA is a better choice, and thats saying something.