Just as we’ve all got brands we love and stay loyal to, we’ve probably all got at least one we avoid like the plague. Maybe its customer service is a nightmare, its products are a letdown, or its latest controversy left such a bad taste in your mouth that it no longer deserves a single cent of your money. Some are so bad that the mere mention of their name is enough to make your eye twitch and set off a twenty-minute rant about everything they’ve done wrong.
This list is dedicated to those brands. They might rake in billions of dollars, but according to the people in this eye-opening Reddit thread, the world would be a whole lot better off without them.
#1
All the Kardashian ones.
KMKO926:
People act like if we stop talking about the Kardashians, they will go away. But we need to stop purchasing their trash products. You vote with your dollar.
KMKO926:
People act like if we stop talking about the Kardashians, they will go away. But we need to stop purchasing their trash products. You vote with your dollar.
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46points
#2
Goop.
Wikipedia:
Goop is a wellness and lifestyle brand and company founded by American actress Gwyneth Paltrow. It was launched in September 2008 as a weekly e-mail newsletter providing New Age advice, such as "police your thoughts" and "eliminate white foods", and the slogan "Nourish the Inner Aspect". Goop later expanded into e-commerce, collaborating with fashion brands, hosting pop-up shops, holding a "wellness summit", and launching a print magazine, podcast, and docuseries on Netflix.
Goop has faced criticism for marketing products and treatments that are harmful, described as "snake oil", based on pseudoscience, and lack efficacy. California officials from the Consumer Protection Office have sued Goop for false advertising, asserting that Goop has made unfounded health claims about a variety of products. Goop settled the lawsuit out of court. Class-action lawsuits have been brought against Goop for unsafe products.
Wikipedia:
Goop is a wellness and lifestyle brand and company founded by American actress Gwyneth Paltrow. It was launched in September 2008 as a weekly e-mail newsletter providing New Age advice, such as "police your thoughts" and "eliminate white foods", and the slogan "Nourish the Inner Aspect". Goop later expanded into e-commerce, collaborating with fashion brands, hosting pop-up shops, holding a "wellness summit", and launching a print magazine, podcast, and docuseries on Netflix.
Goop has faced criticism for marketing products and treatments that are harmful, described as "snake oil", based on pseudoscience, and lack efficacy. California officials from the Consumer Protection Office have sued Goop for false advertising, asserting that Goop has made unfounded health claims about a variety of products. Goop settled the lawsuit out of court. Class-action lawsuits have been brought against Goop for unsafe products.
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32points
#3
Nestlé.
AHeister:
I find it amazing how this is the number one response every time this subject comes up, and yet their profits never diminish.
Edit: I just meant that if it's such common knowledge, both inside and outside of reddit, that Nestlé is a horrible company, why aren't more people boycotting them? And yes, I know they're into a ton of companies, making it hard to avoid them. However, there are responsible companies out there, and you'd think some of them would intentionally target competing products and exploit Nestlé's bad reputation.
JankyPutin:
The list of Nestle’s problems is seemingly never ending and too lengthy for me to remember all of but the most famous reason is that they were directly the cause of countless infant deaths in third world countries. They had sales reps dress as nurses, offer untrue “education,” gave out free formula, then started charging for clean water and formula. These mothers didn’t know any better, milk supplies had ran dry, and they didn’t have sufficient access to clean water. Nestle, knowing that these women were poor and didn’t have clean water or a way to afford formula never should have done that.
AHeister:
I find it amazing how this is the number one response every time this subject comes up, and yet their profits never diminish.
Edit: I just meant that if it's such common knowledge, both inside and outside of reddit, that Nestlé is a horrible company, why aren't more people boycotting them? And yes, I know they're into a ton of companies, making it hard to avoid them. However, there are responsible companies out there, and you'd think some of them would intentionally target competing products and exploit Nestlé's bad reputation.
JankyPutin:
The list of Nestle’s problems is seemingly never ending and too lengthy for me to remember all of but the most famous reason is that they were directly the cause of countless infant deaths in third world countries. They had sales reps dress as nurses, offer untrue “education,” gave out free formula, then started charging for clean water and formula. These mothers didn’t know any better, milk supplies had ran dry, and they didn’t have sufficient access to clean water. Nestle, knowing that these women were poor and didn’t have clean water or a way to afford formula never should have done that.
31points
Of course, not everyone cares whether a brand is ethical. Some people just want good products at a reasonable price. A 2026 Ipsos report, The Edge Brands Are Missing, found that this described just over a third of Brits (37%). But for others, what a brand stands for, how it treats its people, and whether its actions align with their own values all matter, too.
#4
SHEIN needs to f**k off.
Maxxellion:
Aside from contributing an ungodly amount to "fast fashion" with clothes that are designed to break down quickly, they steal from artists regularly, make clothing that is harmful, and use forced labour to do it.
Not so much what they did, but who they are. It's their whole identity.
Maxxellion:
Aside from contributing an ungodly amount to "fast fashion" with clothes that are designed to break down quickly, they steal from artists regularly, make clothing that is harmful, and use forced labour to do it.
Not so much what they did, but who they are. It's their whole identity.
31points
#5
BMW. Opening the doors for micro transactions for basic car feature functionality must earn you a special place in hell.
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29points
#6
Ticketmaster. Surprised i haven't seen it. You'll try and cross shop tickets just to realize they always redirect you to ticket master where you're gonna pay a huge amount in convenience fees. Buying 2 tickets you're pretty much paying for 3.
Crutation:
Not only that, but they also own a ticket resale company, and set blocks of tickets aside for resale, at marked up prices. They also negotiated with ticket brokers to sell certain tickets to them before public availability. There was a Rolling Stone article I read several years ago detailing all their shenanigans.
Also don't forget that Livenation owns Ticketmaster as well as concert venues, so they basically have a monopoly on live concert tours.
Crutation:
Not only that, but they also own a ticket resale company, and set blocks of tickets aside for resale, at marked up prices. They also negotiated with ticket brokers to sell certain tickets to them before public availability. There was a Rolling Stone article I read several years ago detailing all their shenanigans.
Also don't forget that Livenation owns Ticketmaster as well as concert venues, so they basically have a monopoly on live concert tours.
26points
And that can make a difference to a company’s bottom line. According to the same report, 78% of Brits are deeply committed to at least one cause, and brands that authentically connect with the issues people genuinely care about can reap rewards. Ipsos estimates that these associations account for 21% of a brand’s advantage in consumer advocacy and 8% of its price premium.
#7
Any software company that has moved completely to subscriptions models vs offering a perpetual license or even a 1-3yr license.
velorra:
I see this so much on the apple app store and it pisses me right off. I find a neat app that I expect to pay like $20 for full access, but they only offer a weekly or monthly subscription. Nope no thanks you can f**k right off.
Reminder: check your apple subscriptions and make sure auto-renew is off for apps you may have forgot about!
velorra:
I see this so much on the apple app store and it pisses me right off. I find a neat app that I expect to pay like $20 for full access, but they only offer a weekly or monthly subscription. Nope no thanks you can f**k right off.
Reminder: check your apple subscriptions and make sure auto-renew is off for apps you may have forgot about!
26points
#8
Meta.
[deleted]:
Zuck spent billions of dollars making Great Value Nintendo Wii avatars that no one will ever use.
[deleted]:
he’s spent billions of dollars so far
dude is genuinely convinced that he can make a version of VRchat that the bulk of the lower & middle class populace will actually want to use. despite the fact that VR has been around for years and has never caught on beyond enthusiasts. Even most gamers don’t feel particularly drawn to VR, and gaming has been the sole market in which VR has seen any success. so where is this imaginary demand coming from?
the fact that he thinks that average office workers will use VR headsets for video conferencing is proof as to how out of touch silicon valley is with the rest of the world. the only offices that will use such a stupid gimmick are other over-funded h**h margin tech firms with cash to burn. also…imagine doing an honest blood pumping workout with that big awkward band around your head sealing the steam in and absorbing a slick coating of sweat. nasty AF
his delusion is laughable and it’s been great to see him burn “meta”’s ill gotten gains on it. I do give him props for the great PR stunt of renaming his s**tty company to stop it from drowning in an ocean of scandals. sadly he now has to maintain the charade and set billions alight on a product with no demand. keep it up, mark!
[deleted]:
Zuck spent billions of dollars making Great Value Nintendo Wii avatars that no one will ever use.
[deleted]:
he’s spent billions of dollars so far
dude is genuinely convinced that he can make a version of VRchat that the bulk of the lower & middle class populace will actually want to use. despite the fact that VR has been around for years and has never caught on beyond enthusiasts. Even most gamers don’t feel particularly drawn to VR, and gaming has been the sole market in which VR has seen any success. so where is this imaginary demand coming from?
the fact that he thinks that average office workers will use VR headsets for video conferencing is proof as to how out of touch silicon valley is with the rest of the world. the only offices that will use such a stupid gimmick are other over-funded h**h margin tech firms with cash to burn. also…imagine doing an honest blood pumping workout with that big awkward band around your head sealing the steam in and absorbing a slick coating of sweat. nasty AF
his delusion is laughable and it’s been great to see him burn “meta”’s ill gotten gains on it. I do give him props for the great PR stunt of renaming his s**tty company to stop it from drowning in an ocean of scandals. sadly he now has to maintain the charade and set billions alight on a product with no demand. keep it up, mark!
25points
#9
DeBeers. One of the main exploiters of West Africa in recent memory, a near monopoly on diamonds jacking up prices, insists that you must buy your loved one a real diamond from them and not a cheaper synthetic one in order to prove that love.
23points
Put simply, when consumers feel a brand shares their values, they’re more likely to recommend its products and even pay more for them. As the report puts it, “It’s the win-win that every brand should be striving for.”
#10
Monsanto.
Literally committing ecological disasters one after another. Completely destroying different types of crop seeds to create monocultures and keeping farmers broke.
Literally committing ecological disasters one after another. Completely destroying different types of crop seeds to create monocultures and keeping farmers broke.
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23points
#11
Any and all MLMs
I had to carpool for hundreds of hours with someone who was deep into the amway cult. I should be given a prize for not m**dering them during one of their many failed pitches to try and get me to lose all my money with em.
I honestly was very good friends with the couple before they joined amway. But it completely changed them as people, they became delusional. Like, they were sinking all their money into amway.
How did they lose money? Amway h**h ups would like when a members store had good sales, so they encourage members to spend their own money at their own store. Basically creating h**h volume long term customers. They also required members to go to giant amway rallys all around the country, like, once a month cost for travel/hotel/meals will drain a person on an average income. They also discourage people from saving money, buying things on sale, denying themselves things, any attempts to save money, because doing that is living a "poor person's mindset" and will only keep you poor.
They also pushed "fake it till you make it" encouraging people to buy expensive clothes and vehicles to put on the appearance of wealth to impress people and enact some "wish it and it will happen" spiritualism. This "wish-it" delusion would monopolize their conversions. They would be scrolling on a "buy an island" website and talk about how they would customize their island WHEN (not if) they got rich. They would be talking about buying million dollar yhats when they couldn't even make rent.
Like, the couple went from my best friends to obsessed materialistic delusional pricks over 4 years.
Last I checked they were living in the basement of one of their parents, the guy was literally selling d***s to support his amway habit, and they still thought they were just months away from striking it rich.
I had to carpool for hundreds of hours with someone who was deep into the amway cult. I should be given a prize for not m**dering them during one of their many failed pitches to try and get me to lose all my money with em.
I honestly was very good friends with the couple before they joined amway. But it completely changed them as people, they became delusional. Like, they were sinking all their money into amway.
How did they lose money? Amway h**h ups would like when a members store had good sales, so they encourage members to spend their own money at their own store. Basically creating h**h volume long term customers. They also required members to go to giant amway rallys all around the country, like, once a month cost for travel/hotel/meals will drain a person on an average income. They also discourage people from saving money, buying things on sale, denying themselves things, any attempts to save money, because doing that is living a "poor person's mindset" and will only keep you poor.
They also pushed "fake it till you make it" encouraging people to buy expensive clothes and vehicles to put on the appearance of wealth to impress people and enact some "wish it and it will happen" spiritualism. This "wish-it" delusion would monopolize their conversions. They would be scrolling on a "buy an island" website and talk about how they would customize their island WHEN (not if) they got rich. They would be talking about buying million dollar yhats when they couldn't even make rent.
Like, the couple went from my best friends to obsessed materialistic delusional pricks over 4 years.
Last I checked they were living in the basement of one of their parents, the guy was literally selling d***s to support his amway habit, and they still thought they were just months away from striking it rich.
22points
#12
As much as I like Apple they can go f**k right off
- Can't replace the battery w/out spending like $500
- Entire dumb thing made of glass which always breaks
- Continually caught infringing on privacy
- Continually caught promoting political agendas. Like just build a fn phone
- Face ID with no option of finger print
- And most of all......NO NUMBER BAR ON KEYBOARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Edit: almost forgot, obsolete after like 3-4 years. Like thanks for the $1.2k phone that won't last 3 years.
- Can't replace the battery w/out spending like $500
- Entire dumb thing made of glass which always breaks
- Continually caught infringing on privacy
- Continually caught promoting political agendas. Like just build a fn phone
- Face ID with no option of finger print
- And most of all......NO NUMBER BAR ON KEYBOARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Edit: almost forgot, obsolete after like 3-4 years. Like thanks for the $1.2k phone that won't last 3 years.
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21points
But what happens when a company’s actions clash with those values? Whether people object to a brand’s political stance, its treatment of workers, or its environmental record, some are willing to take their money elsewhere. As Anna Francesca Macesar writes, shoppers are increasingly paying attention to more than just the products they buy.
#13
Whatever brand makes McDonald’s milk shake machines.
GetawayDriverTyrone:
I stumbled across a YouTube documentary about this. One company makes and services all of the ice cream machines for McDonald's. And the error codes and programming they have built into it are specifically designed to where they are the only ones that can service the machines and the employees of that restaurant cannot. I believe there is a lawsuit pending against them for this.
GetawayDriverTyrone:
I stumbled across a YouTube documentary about this. One company makes and services all of the ice cream machines for McDonald's. And the error codes and programming they have built into it are specifically designed to where they are the only ones that can service the machines and the employees of that restaurant cannot. I believe there is a lawsuit pending against them for this.
18points
#14
Any brand that puts 6+ second long unskippable ads at the start of YouTube videos
Or companies that sponsor mass amounts of YouTubers to promote s****y a*s mobile games riddled with Micro transactions.
Or companies that sponsor mass amounts of YouTubers to promote s****y a*s mobile games riddled with Micro transactions.
18points
#15
Cosmetic companies that test their products on animals.
18points
“If a brand claims to be sustainable but engages in unfair labour practices or has questionable leadership, the backlash can be swift and unforgiving,” she explains, adding that social media can turn a single misstep into a “viral #Boycott[YourBrandHere] in no time.”
#16
Anyone who makes college textbooks for outrageous prices.
RedLionhead:
I've had US text books in Europe. they have a special edition that "is not for sale in Canada and US"... Because they don't permit that bull predator practice
RedLionhead:
I've had US text books in Europe. they have a special edition that "is not for sale in Canada and US"... Because they don't permit that bull predator practice
17points
#18
Herbalife. Specifically those Herbalife 'Nutrition' Drink shops.
Jack0Corvus:
My parents bought into that bull and I spent 9 years having "breakfast" of weirdly tasting trash that lasts all of 15min before I'm hungry again
Zuwxiv:
I actually started getting them regularly when I thought there was just a nearby smoothie store on the way to work. It's healthy, they said. You'll lose weight, they said.
It actually was pretty tasty, probably because they loaded it with peanut butter or something. And I did lose weight on it for a bit... although that was because:
I was replacing bigger meals with this trash and then going hungry.
Speaking of s**t, it gives you pretty violent diarrhea.
I figured out the connection pretty quickly. I mean, technically... you'll lose weight. But I wouldn't recommend it.
Jack0Corvus:
My parents bought into that bull and I spent 9 years having "breakfast" of weirdly tasting trash that lasts all of 15min before I'm hungry again
Zuwxiv:
I actually started getting them regularly when I thought there was just a nearby smoothie store on the way to work. It's healthy, they said. You'll lose weight, they said.
It actually was pretty tasty, probably because they loaded it with peanut butter or something. And I did lose weight on it for a bit... although that was because:
I was replacing bigger meals with this trash and then going hungry.
Speaking of s**t, it gives you pretty violent diarrhea.
I figured out the connection pretty quickly. I mean, technically... you'll lose weight. But I wouldn't recommend it.
16points
And these boycotts aren’t just hypothetical. An April 2025 Ipsos Data Drop found that one in four Americans had reduced or stopped buying from a company in the past month because of politics or current events. Of course, deciding to boycott a brand and actually managing to follow through aren’t always the same thing.
#19
Purdue Pharma.
n0ahhhhh:
Highly recommend the book Empire of Pain, which tells the story of the Sackler family and the origin of the o****d epidemic in America. Insane history behind the pharmaceutical industry, with a heavy focus on Purdue Pharma.
TheDreamingMyriad:
It is absolutely sickening the size of their role in the o****d epidemic. They are literally responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths, all for that sweet $$$$. There is a documentary on Netflix that goes over some of their involvement and their marketing of oxycontin called "The Pharmacist".
Even that limited coverage of their actions made me sick. They knew their s**t was a****tive, dangerous, and hurting/k***ing people but they truly did not care as long as they made money.
n0ahhhhh:
Highly recommend the book Empire of Pain, which tells the story of the Sackler family and the origin of the o****d epidemic in America. Insane history behind the pharmaceutical industry, with a heavy focus on Purdue Pharma.
TheDreamingMyriad:
It is absolutely sickening the size of their role in the o****d epidemic. They are literally responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths, all for that sweet $$$$. There is a documentary on Netflix that goes over some of their involvement and their marketing of oxycontin called "The Pharmacist".
Even that limited coverage of their actions made me sick. They knew their s**t was a****tive, dangerous, and hurting/k***ing people but they truly did not care as long as they made money.
16points
#20
AT&T can f**k off once for each random a*s incremental charge.
chickpea69420:
AT&T was scamming my moms account. she asked for a breakdown on her monthly charges, and she saw she was paying an extra $25 a month.
we went down to the AT&T store and asked a lady working there what that extra $25 a month was for. she started saying it was for a Series 7 Apple Watch, and it was also a cellular plan for it. i stepped in and said that was a BS charge, and she retorted with claiming it was for the apple watch i was wearing (a series 5 with no cellular capabilities). i told her that that would be impossible, and we finally got her to take that off our plan. we paid over $500 over the months for something we never had, and never got a refund either.
chickpea69420:
AT&T was scamming my moms account. she asked for a breakdown on her monthly charges, and she saw she was paying an extra $25 a month.
we went down to the AT&T store and asked a lady working there what that extra $25 a month was for. she started saying it was for a Series 7 Apple Watch, and it was also a cellular plan for it. i stepped in and said that was a BS charge, and she retorted with claiming it was for the apple watch i was wearing (a series 5 with no cellular capabilities). i told her that that would be impossible, and we finally got her to take that off our plan. we paid over $500 over the months for something we never had, and never got a refund either.
15points