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I don't know if I boycott. I refuse to do business with certain companies, if that counts. I suppose that's what a boycott is.
There's probably more I'm not thinking of. Generally speaking I use all FOSS software, always buy things used from a person who owns it, don't buy processed food and cook my own 99% of the time, don't use chemical products on my skin or in the shower, buy clothes used and use cash for everything. For Amazon, which I do use, I get gift cards.
Cash on delivery exists. Also, we can buy Amazon gift cards with Monero.
But yes, boycotting all banks seems impractical.
Amazon delivers value to me, banks are rent seeking middlemen that want a cut of every transaction and control of all capital and deliver no value whatsoever.
I may use banks in the future if I have a better reason than "debit card" but I'd probably use a credit union if I needed more than that anyway.
The bank takes the cut anyway, it is by and large offloaded to the vendors. The bank takes a nominal “service fee” that I generally “get back” many times over in creditcard cashbacks etc, plus it ensures my purchase. Hard to actually see the benefit of using cash only.