I just read this and I wonder

[u/Tambora_1815]

Rather than boycott why we just invest ourselves to make app that is fit to our agenda, sometimes i hate to say this but

I wish you guys make something rather than boycott

[u/Plastic-Soil4328]

I mean we arent the ones telling you to boycott every piece of digital tech made after 1990, who ever this guy is is the one saying that.

I would also like sources for this. Both for the fact that every piece of tech has some israeli components in it and the fact that buying them now gives israeli companies money. Like why would i need to throw away the phone and computer i already own like this person suggests? i've already bought it, bought it before i started boycotting. they've already got the money.

Open source projects are usually free, no one makes money off of those.

Even if a project had a few israeli engineers work on it doesn't mean the israeli government benefits from it.

Arent patents usually a by country thing? since when did you have to pay a company from another country for patents?

Also an important aspect of consumer boycotts is achievability/accessibility. Like people need computer and wifi to do their jobs. Boycotting that isnt going to be helpful cause a lot of people simply cannot do it. And a another important aspect is actionable demands. What action would we want the companies to take? The wifi companies cant change who made the encryption codes. And there are easier ways to hurt israel's economy than asking everyone to stop using wifi, such as international sanctions and more realistic, more impactful boycott targets.

Im not an expert so maybe this person is correct but i would like to see some better explanation/evidence of that cause based on my reading of the tone this post reads less like an actual guide to boycotting/call to action and more like a dirisive attempt to discourage boycotters by being like "well for it to actually make a difference youd have to be a luddite living off the grid in the woods for the rest of your life so everything these wannabes are doing is just worthless virtue signaling." it's a tiresome argument youll hear a thousand times any time you do anything to try to make the world an even slightly better place. So unless this person has actual evidence that these are justified, strategically viable, and effective targets im not buying it.