I buy something from Amazon everyday to accelerate climate change and the deterioration of capitalism. So that my socialist utopia can emerge where we all have small businesses. /s

By shopping at them, giving them positive reviews (when they deserve it), and hyping them to others who live nearby.

I tip higher at small restaurants than at chains

If at all possible I pay in cash to small businesses. No cc fees for them. Big stores …screw them. I want my points.

I try to snop at snaller businesses whenn I can

I don’t use my platinum, obsidian super primo credit card at small businesses. I use debit or cash

I’ve effectively stopped shopping on Amazon. Almost everything is available by another, smaller website that has way faster shipping since Prime Shipping is a complete farce now.

Even the weird niche stuff can be found somewhere like Walmart. AliExpress, too. Which, at the rate Amazon is going, will soon have faster ship times too.

I mostly eat at local restaurants.

I prefer vegetables from the local farmer when they have them in stock at the grocery store.

I buy electronics from the not small business but the big chain that actually has a physical store in town.

Difficult. Every time I thought “don’t support Amazon this time, buy from this small webshop” I was disappointed.

The problem is that smaller shops often really suck with customer care. When buying from smaller businesses, I now always want some “big business” (Amazon or eBay) in between. Way easier to get support this way.

I never buy weed from Amazon

There’s a corner store around the corner from me where I buy like 99% of my groceries. It’s a local business and it’s less than 60 seconds walking distance from me. Plus it doesn’t price gouge me the way the chain grocery stores do

A lot of times it helps to have niche hobbies. Amazon (or similar) isn’t the best bet to buy things for many of my hobbies.