Support local you scab

No only buy from mega corporations so that you can keep complaining about how mega corporations monopolize everything

depends on what they sell and their reputation amongst the local population

exactly this. it completely depends what you’re looking for, so many small businesses offer products and/or services that you won’t find anywhere else, the volume is too high to just chalk this up as a yes or no question

no most small business ventures exploit their friends to make money especially the social media based start ups

I always give small businesses a chance. Most end up disappointing tho

absolutely

depends on the business, food yes, always (like local farmers)

Why are people saying no

Depends.

I'll always give a small business a chance, but if the service is s***, I'm out.

would rather support local every single time (except some clothes niggas round here put anything on a tee)

Way better than buying from corporations

If they have good prices on things you like why not? 🤷

As opposed to big corporations exploiting anything and everyone they can?

Lotta bootlicker energy in this thread boy I tell ya. Y’all need to do better, you niggas is not all that

big corporations usually get big by being better value which is like the polar opposite to exploitation

then you get megan the independent business woman selling key rings on socials for extortionate prices but get ya money i guess

exploiting the word “exploit” in order to exploit people’s performative morality

Not true. A classic case on how this isnt true is companies banding together to have damn near the same s***ty products be the same value (oligopolies). Light bulb companies around the globe famously stopped making their light bulbs better in favor of this to get more return. You also have companies buying out other companies and securing patents that were developed with public sector money and jacking up the price for said item and even toting said thing as if it they came up with the idea. There is also tax avoidance, worker exploitation, union busting, environmental desecration, etc that big companies get away with. Some even funding coups, influencing politicians to push for war for corporate interests among other s*** I don't have time to type out

Yes, support your local businesses!