The parent isn’t suggesting not to buy things to influence what the corporations are doing. They are suggesting that if you, yourself, are unhappy with a servic

The parent isn’t suggesting not to buy things to influence what the corporations are doing. They are suggesting that if you, yourself, are unhappy with a services impact on you, then the first and most obvious step is to stop paying for it. That’s a reasonably surefire way to remove that distraction. Conversely, if you don’t like the impact of something on your life, but cannot bring yourself to remove it, that is almost exactly the definition of addiction and you should probably go looking for help.