Serious Boycotting & You

Are there any products/people/etc that you refuse to engage with, for whatever moral or ethical reasons you may have? Furthermore, what do you consider effective boycotting?

Used to boycott certain large corporations and products for moral reasons.

I stopped when I realised that not going to Walmart was far worse of a proposition for my life than avoiding them for whatever theoretical or political reasons I had concocted in my head. I learned that the paths to success and happiness imply a lack of concern for things you can't change – luckily I didn't have much delusion about collective impact or the like, so it wasn't too painful to reform.

I'd be more inclined to boycott unethical businesses if I could afford to be choosy probably.

This was more of a dumb grudge than anything else, lol. I boycotted a local store because they refused to sell my fiance cigarettes, despite being of age and having ID - strictly because I was present. I was like 22 at the time so it would be perfectly legal, but I wasn't even buying them. I just didn't have my ID with me because I wasn't the one driving. He was denied service because I was in the immediate area. :/

But then we quit smoking so no reason to boycott anymore, haha.