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[โ€“] SolacefromSilence@fedia.io 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I use AliExpress for all the little items in my life that can fail without any real problem.

I need a comb and get 2/$1 to my door. $3/4/5 each in a physical store for the same. I don't think you're appreciating how often these are literally the same products.

The retail sector has long ago entered enshittification. I'm not blind to the real people working in the field, but paying more for a product does not increase the chance of any positive environmental or social outcome. Feeding the beast, feeds their investors.

There is no ethical consumption.

[โ€“] jerkface@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

There is no ethical consumption.

"What, me worry?"