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[โ€“] 0x0@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[โ€“] Taalnazi@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

A RECOMMENDATION: TURN UPSIDE DOWN IF IT'S A BAD PRODUCT.

Regional
No Thanks (Apple store) - Android store for Palestine stuff. Collects no data at all. This is the app I would first recommend. Scan product, see result.

Buy Beaver - Canadian-focused initiative. Lets you pick countries to support. Collects mail address and device ID, but nothing more.

Detrumpez Vous - focused on finding whether a product is American or not.

Supranational (European)
Buy From EU - find European alternatives. Not necessarily scanning, but useful. Collects mail/sms, but that's it.

Buy European AI - lets you take a picture of the product, find European alternatives & that of allies. Anonymously collects rough location & photo (the latter makes sense though).

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There's Boycat, also as app, which is user-friendly, but their privacy policy states your data may be stored outside of your legal jurisdiction.

[โ€“] Typotyper@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago

Depends where you are from, but the App Store and buy Canadian turned up this. There were several of them

https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/maple-scan-buy-canadian/id6741467577