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Well, I certainly won't be staying at any Marriott hotels any more. That's an abysmal way of handling things.

I think these personal boycotts are important and I also participate in them (Nestle, Facebook, etc).

But it's unfortunate know that we will likely never be able to match the scale of a boycott from China.

edit: However if China keeps doing stunts like this then companies might be able to make the decision not to do business there.

Were we a squeakier, more collective wheel it might be different. I had a similar thought a few months back actually: https://github.com/cretz/software-ideas/issues/66. But I can't be bothered to go run around on Twitter, Yelp, business-shame-site du jour all the time. It's why companies with self-imposed principles instead of purchased ones fare better in the long run, and it can't be quantified.

Re edit: Isn't that what Google's already done? If only other big tech companies would flip Beijing the bird the same way...

Is it? It seems like a very standard way of handling things.

Also, Marriott is definitely one of the better mid-range chains.

> It seems like a very standard way of handling things.

Does that make it not abysmal?

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