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Personal boycotts don't have to have a large impact or meaning outside of however you feel about them. They're just for you: you can decide to allow your principles affect your economic activity or you can default into the powerless assumption that it's not worth the effort.

I think it's a worthwhile exercise to ask yourself before you make a purchase somewhere that you feel OK with the ethical implications of your purchase - and I say this as someone who does compromise on my ethical positions constantly for convenience. It still matters.

The personal boycotts of Bud Light are hurting Anheuser-Busch InBev, aren’t they? Sales are down 30% in Q2.

And they'll likely be back to normal next quarter

They're not mutually exclusive. I can boycott products made by sociopaths and vote/protest/run for local office.