I know the last post was all about how creating a better world isn’t really just about sacrifice.
And I promise that this post actually isn’t asking you to change all that much:
I think by this point many of us are aware of at least some of the issues with Amazon (the company, not the rainforest).
And there’s one really tiny, simple thing we can start doing right now to decrease its influence.
I’m not coming for your Prime memberships right now.
Or stopping you from getting Whole Foods.
Or asking you to stop supporting yourself through affiliate links.
I am just asking:
Could we *not* with the free, almost automatic advertising for Amazon?
Like when someone tells you they like a thing you bought and you respond, “Oh I got it off Amazon.”
Or making it the default place to buy things when you say “I’ll just order it on Amazon,”
Or placing it first in the list of options for where to buy a book (like “available at Amazon or wherever books are sold” even when there’s no affiliate link)?
Shifting it away from being the default spot to buy all the things will be huge, but this seems like a relatively painless way to start!