The #1 platform for boycotting products and companies that don't align with your values and beliefs. Users create and join 'campaigns' based on the social issues that matter most to them, and scan barcodes to know whether to 'avoid' or 'support' a product.
Define “evil”.
I think it’s very likely that we share the same values, however I am always concerned for and wary of language like this.
Because one person (or group) has opinions, viewpoints and values on any given subject matter, does not make people who don’t share those values wrong, or bad, or indeed “evil”.
This type of mentality is what drives the terrible group-think and mass “trial by social media” that we see in the world today.
Perhaps the tag line should be “use this app to make sure you don’t buy products from companies that the developers of this app don’t like”
Not quite as catchy, true, but more accurate.
@mickc79 yo! I totally agree with you, I'm not the creator, just stumbled upon it and threw it up here without much thought. The tagline on the site isn't very descriptive IMO, 'Vote with your wallet'.
And what about something about buying From ethic/moral/respectful companies, maybe it's more relevant to talk about the positive action of the app and not about the "stuff" we should avoid
@mickc79 So i was initially worried too, about one person's definition of "evil" being portrayed blindly to everyone else using the app.
But after further inspection, it appears that you actually choose your values or what you want to boycott in the app through" campaigns". So for example there is an animal testing campaign to avoid companies who use animal testing. There is a Anti-Trump campaign, which I presume is avoiding companies that donated to him or something. There is an anti-NRA campaign and so forth. So i guess you choose for yourself what "evil" is based on these campaigns, and then the app actually looks at what you scan and your current "campaigns" to see if you should buy it based on your personal beliefs (and their database of companies that support/oppose your beliefs).
So i am actually happy to see that "evil" isn't just a blanket statement and instead you can define what "evil" means to you.
@mickc79 Of course 'evil' is subjective, which is why the developers of this app actually do not interject their opinions at all. Think of Buycott more like Facebook or Reddit where people are free to determine which campaigns *they* would like to join, and what criteria is important to *them*. This is about promoting more conversation and awareness into the process of making decisions about where your money goes.
@bitler the thing is, there is heaps of evidence for rightful outrage. Look at Nestlé. Their CEO called the idea that water is a human right "extreme." Google their baby formula scandal. They literally tried to force people to give up breast feeding in favour of their synthetic formula. Or just look how much of Nutella is palm oil, and why is that a bad thing. OR... you can pick another cause all together. Don’t like animal testing? Good, you can boycott companies that do that. Trump? You can boycott companies that support him. Or you can be oblivious to all of this. But please don’t be ignorant.
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