Google Removes App That Helps People Boycott Pro-Israel Companies

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Google removes app that helps people boycott pro-Israel companies
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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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"Here you can see if the product in your hand supports killing children" is a strong line, but of course it will be banned - not due to Google being particularly pro-Israel or pro-massacre, but because this won't go well with advertisers, regulators and literally anyone in power.

Big Tech just can't afford to allow such bold moves, and it's not political (aside from Big Tech itself being cancer that needs to be eradicated, but that's topic for another day)

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