Buycott - Vote With Your Wallet - Android App

[Fantastic Anarchist]

Last edited Tue Aug 26, 2014, 12:27 PM - Edit history (1)

Inspired by this thread concerning boycotting Burger King.

Want to know what other companies hurt your causes, and wish to not support them? Buycott them with this app available on Android (not sure if there's an iPhone equivalent). Or find companies who support causes you care about.


Buycott - Barscanner Vote

Description
Buycott Barcode Scanner helps you vote with your wallet so you fund causes you care about and avoid funding those you disagree with.
Featured as ABC News & Salon.com app of the week. As seen on NBC, FOX, CNBC, MSNBC, and covered by Forbes and Huffington Post.
● HOW IT WORKS ●
✓Join campaigns to help causes you care about and commit to supporting the companies on your side of the issue, while avoiding those that oppose your position.
✓Scan product a product barcode and Buycott will find out what company owns that product (and who owns that company, ad infinitum).
✓Buycott will determine whether you're avoiding or supporting the scanned product.
✓Using this information you can now vote with your wallet
● FEATURES ●
☆ Using the bar code scanner, look up the ownership structure of any product and trace it all the way back to its parent company with our interactive family tree diagram.
☆ Offers a variety of contact data for companies and brands, so you can easily inform them of your decision to support or avoid their products.
☆ Barcode scanner scans all major retail barcodes (UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN8, EAN13, etc).
☆ Super fast barcode scanner ensures you don't spend extra time at the store.
☆ Create your own campaign from buycott.com
☆ Make decisions quickly so you can ultimately vote with your wallet

Edit: Title change for clarity

[GeorgeGist]

1. Headline is little awkward.

My first thought was this about buycotting Android products.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

4. Thank you.

Changed accordingly.

[el_bryanto]

2. Has anybody tried this out?

Are there filters so you can set what you find most problematic or is it a package deal?

Bryant

[Fantastic Anarchist]

3. I have not tried it out.

I had it on my other phone before it was stolen, and was only reminded now that the app exists.

[el_bryanto]

5. Different people have different feelings about this

But I would rather boycott a company because of the poor way they treat their employees, as opposed to them advertising on radio shows I find offensive (they often go together of course).

[Fantastic Anarchist]

6. That would be my main reason (labor treatment). n/t

[G_j]

10. there are various campaigns you can set the app for

and you can start a campaign yourself, if you feel it helpful.

[el_bryanto]

11. Thanks for the heads up. I'll look into it

Unfortunately my work mandated cellphone is not an android so have to see if something similar exists for my fruit-branded cell phone.

Oh I'll just admit it - I have one of those new Mango Salsa phones.

Bryant

[G_j]

7. I use it

I think it's great!

[Fantastic Anarchist]

8. Can you provide an answer to el-bryanto ...

Here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5445643

Thank you!

[PoutrageFatigue]

9. I use it. Great app.

n/t

[rurallib]

12. kick

[VScott]

13. Yeah, but...

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[Fantastic Anarchist]

16. Whoa! Bummer!

[2banon]

14. Thanks! just downloaded it.

[WillyT]

15. K & R !!! & Bookmarked !!!

[BrotherIvan]

17. Good idea

I try to stick with buying from small US companies when I can, because even if the CEO is a major asshole, he might not be rich enough to do damage. Most big companies of any kind are manipulating things somewhere.

[WillyT]

18. Kick !!!