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.
I have the app and the developer is a Palestinian himself. I genuinely hope it survives, the app helps a lot to boycot products that deal with Israel.
It’s unfortunate to see that so many products have deals with Israel. Some products are sadly impossible to avoid.
Here’s a screenshot about the app from within the app itself
The app on the AppStore (IOS): No Thanks App
EDIT: apologies, should’ve read your post in its entirety. You already mentioned the developer was a Palestinian.
I find it interesting that it didn’t get review bombed on Apple.
On the Google Play Store, it’s pretty bad
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bashsoftware.boycott