Google removes app that helps people boycott pro-Israel companies
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NoThanks was temporarily suspended from the Google Play app store due to a line in its description speaking about Israel.

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.

  • boyi@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    136·
    11 months ago

    kinda agree with this, to some extend. We can only do selective boycott, those that won’t directly affect our life given that there are other options, like not going to Starbucks or McD. If we really want to boycott Israeli products and techs, we won’t get access to modern tech at all - they are everywhere.

    • BrownKong@lemm.eeEnglish
      346·
      11 months ago

      You don’t need to stop using things that you already payed for, that’s would be wasteful. You just need to stop support and not buy anymore.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
        84·
        11 months ago

        Smartphones and computers are essential tools for many people. Essential tools can break beyond repair or be so old that they are risky to use or even can’t be used for what you need to use them for anymore. Suggesting just not buying technology because of Israel would basically require huge numbers of people to just end up having to quit their job one day because of it.

        I honestly wish there was a way to separate Israel from the tech industry, but it’s just not possible right now. Do what you can and not buy things from companies you aren’t forced to rely on, such as Starbucks and McDonalds, that support Israel. That still hurts Israel without hurting you.

    • giggling_engine@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1238·
      11 months ago

      I think boycotting is the wrong way to solve this issue. It’s better to sit down and have an honest conversation about it. But the conversation has been anything but honest. People don’t even know what “from the river to the sea” actually means before shouting it, they think it’s some hippy “love and freedom” chant, while it’s a call for genocide.

      • gaylord_fartmaster@lemmy.worldEnglish
        284·
        11 months ago

        wow great idea, let me just go ahead and sit down with the CEO of Disney so we can have an honest conversation about them sending money to Israel

      • ɔiƚoxɘup@infosec.pubEnglish
        192·
        11 months ago

        There have been plenty of honest conversations since May 14th 1948 and it has led to this current situation. I would really love for there to be peace but it seems that everyone involved and everyone backing everyone involved is quite heavily invested and continued war in that region.

        The children pay the price.

        • Herbal Gamer@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          211·
          11 months ago

          They just need to get a good petition going! Or maybe a strongly worded letter signed by some celebrities?