I was sent this by a friend who saw it trending around various social media which I don't use.
Personally, I think it would do good to lengthen the economic blackouts to 3-7 days. But, any coordination helps, and I think the weeklong corporate boycotts will at least send a message.
I'm looking for other places to share this. I checked BuildTheResistance, but I couldn't figure out a way to submit dates for a protest without a link to a site. I have a link for the February 28th blackout, and I would be grateful to anyone that could help me in sourcing these other protests.
EDIT: found the sources! They're all by The People's Union USA. It's just that all the boycotts besides the 28th are tucked away in their FAQs page.
I should say, as well: I think general boycotts are a good idea, and I support the idea of protesting on these dates. However, I don't necessarily trust The People's Union USA. They have a login feature. Don't be so foolish as to make an account on a fucking resistance website.
That is indeed the issue at hand. The ones that aren't evil corporations don't have as much stability, which is enough for most people to be put off them. "High availability" has become the name of the game and consumers are fucking coddled babies. If a website doesn't load instantly, they'll just leave and not come back.
You can't even convince them to switch to something that works fine, either. Been trying to get my peers to run some type of Linux for the past year or so, because it really does just work now - for daily office activities and gaming.
But, they know Windows so they stick with Windows. That's why I'm hoping an announced temporary boycott will break their link with these megacorps enough to help them see that you really can just switch.