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When the average person stops spending money in ways that enrich them.

Individualizing systemic failures to regulate businesses is counterproductive. Meaningful change will only come by regulation.

Give me one example, where consumer behavior really changed anything. Usually what follows from large boycotts is political action or the company succumbing to pressure.

Just stopping to spend your money there might make you feel good but don't kid yourself, it barely does anything if you're not turning it into an organized action.

How do you turn it into an organized action?

Why should the desire to own more and more of the world ever come to a halt?

It doesn’t. They’re sociopaths. They get to where they are because they’re willing to do things others are too nice to do. Otherwise they’re no better than many other talented business people.

Willing to do things others are too nice to do? Such as accepting returns without a fuzz? Delivering quickly and being transparent about shipping costs?

Amazon is gigantic because they give customers a better experience and people feel safe buying from them without having touched the product.