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Promoted on TikTok, ‘No Thanks’ boycott app targets products tied to Israel (www.timesofisrael.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A pro-Palestinian app created to help consumers boycott Israeli products has gained traction on TikTok amid calls in Hebrew-language media for Google to ban it.

The free app, called “No Thanks,” was launched by Palestinian graduate student Ahmed Bashbash last November. Downloaded by 100,000 users within a month, the app enables consumers to scan product barcodes to determine if the item has connections to Israel.

By the start of April, “No Thanks” reported one million people had downloaded the app. Millions of users had viewed tikTok influencer videos promoting “No Thanks,” contributing to the app’s growth of 900,000 downloads in four months.

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Imagine being sad enough to do this with everything you buy, as if you're actually going to make a difference to anything.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I can just about guarantee that most of your day to day life is influenced by what people did in the past in regards to protests. Could be as huge as in civil war or smaller local protest to combat small issues. Your rights and comforts have been written in the blood of those who preceded you. Sometimes metaphorically, sometimes very real blood.

Protesting helps and did help.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Uh... There's a reason Israel hates BDS's guts and that's not because it doesn't work.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Imagine being sad and cynical enough to do this kind of comment. And if it's not "actually going to make a difference", why Israel want it banned?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I think you haven’t watched the news about the boycotts on for example; Starbucks and Mcdonalds. Also about Samsung leaving Israel.

You have to start somewhere and slowly build up the boycott.