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Google Removes App That Helps People Boycott Pro-Israel Companies::NoThanks was temporarily suspended from the Google Play app store due to a line in its description speaking about Israel.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Slightly off tangent but last year appeared this particular ID Nahui Scanner app that scans barcodes and highlights any Russian-made products (released in March 2022 but unfortunately no updates since then). So it basically operates similarly to the aforementioned No Thanks app.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Well, it's okay to boycott Russia for invading and occupying parts of Ukraine but god forbid you boycott Israel for invading and occupying the entirety of what we know as post 1967 Palestine.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

Russia hasn't pre-empted its invasion with decades of screed about how they're owed that land because of the Holocaust and how disagreeing is russophobia