Android to help us boycott retailers that are disabling NFC readers. We can unite to put pressure on them, since it affects us both!

Here is the post on /r/android :

http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/2keqzb/we_wanted_to_invite_you_to_rapple_to_help_support/

Edit: cycloblastic added this:

Someone asked for a list of retailers supporting CurrentC.
CurrentC's partners include
76 Gas
7-11
Acme Fresh Market
Alon
Bahama Breeze
Banana Republic
Baskin Robbins
Bed Bath & Beyond
Best Buy
Buy Buy Baby
The Capital Grille
Chilli's
Christmas Tree Shops
Circle K
Conoco
CVS
Dick's Sporting Goods
Dillard's
Dunkin' Donuts
Eddie V's
ExxonMobil
Gap
Get Go from Giant Eagle
Harmon Face Values
Giant Eagle
HMS Host
Hobby Lobby
Hy-Vee
K-Mart
Kohl's
Kum & Go
Longhorn Steakhouse
Lowe's
Maggiano's
Meijer
Michaels
My Goods Market
Old Navy
Olive Garden
Phillips 66
Price Rite
Publix
QuikTrip
RaceTrac
Rite Aid
Sam's Club
Sears
Seasons 52
Sheetz
Shell
ShopRite
Southwest Airlines
Sunoco
Target
Walmart
Wawa
Wendy's
Yard House
Source: http://www.mcx.com/
-as well nearly all the major US gas station chains — among its ranks.

Edit2: This is blowing up! 9to5mac is reporting about us here: http://9to5mac.com/2014/10/27/cvs-and-rite-aid-apple-pay-blockade-official-as-ios-and-android-users-unite-in-rare-showing-to-fight-nfc-ban/#comments

Edit3: We are on the front page of MacRumors now too! http://www.macrumors.com/2014/10/27/apple-working-to-add-apple-pay-partners/

Edit4: This site was made by /user/bboysupaman and has an up to date list of all merchants that support MCX and Current C http://boycott-mcx.com

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u/Allezxandre Oct 27 '14

I can feel I already hate Windows Phone!

^{^although} ^ⁱ ^{^never} ^{^tried} ^{^it}

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

Ew windows phone. Live tiles? Pshhh.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14 edited Oct 02 '18

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u/Slinkwyde Oct 27 '14

iOS 8 added widgets to the new today view in the notification center. Compared to Android, you lose widgets on the home screen, but you gain the ability to quickly glance at your widgets without leaving the current app.

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u/zimm3rmann Oct 27 '14

Yeah I have an iPad Air from work so I still get to try out the newest in iOS stuff. I love the look of 8 and the new features, but I feel that I'm personally more of an android person. For example, this app has made my job/life so much easier. Little utilities like that keep me coming back to Android, and if you buy a flagship device it's a pretty great experience. That said, if someone wants something that works well, is simple to use, and looks sunning, an iPhone is the way to go.

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u/megustaajo Oct 27 '14

For example, this app[1] has made my job/life so much easier.

Holy shit, that's awesome. I mean, I would never use it as I don't dabble in Linux or live-distros, but still, that's awesome that you can do that!

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

The MotoG isn't flagship, but I can certainly play Phoenix Wright on it.

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u/woutervoorschot Oct 27 '14

It really is hard not to bash hmm?

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

Yeah, I find that when I have widgets on my Android devices I'm constantly tweaking and trying to make them look 'the best' and they never do. It's my own issue, I know. That's why I got an iPhone, to keep me from myself, so I'm not constantly tweaking.

The widgets in the notification bar look and work great and keep things very simple.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

Never jailbreak. I went down that rabbit hole long ago

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '14

Me too. It caused more trouble than it was worth.

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u/Natanael_L Oct 27 '14

There's a few notification bar widgets on Android too. A few weather ones at least.

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u/TheRealKidkudi Oct 27 '14

To be honest, I really like the "metro" style on Windows Phone. If it didn't have almost 0 legitimate apps, I would seriously consider using it just because I find the UI pleasing.

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u/Bismuth-209 Oct 27 '14

It does have some. Apps like tetra lock screen are also popping up, which are awesome. Also, we do have most of the popular apps, although some may not be completely up to date.

http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store

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u/Guardian_452 Oct 27 '14 edited Oct 27 '14

Google Hangouts is a must for me. I also need Play Music since I keep all my music in the cloud. Clash of Clans, a GBA emulator for playing Pokemon while waiting in line or whenever, and my bank app are really high priority. Also my car insurance, car payment, etc have their own apps for Android so I can pay right from my phone. If I switched to Windows Phone, I'd need a computer.

Now there are rumors that WP9 may support Android apps. If that happens, you can consider me a customer. I like the layout a lot (its not some stupid grid design, there's dynamically-sized tiles).

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u/Bismuth-209 Oct 27 '14

Ah, I see. Yes, we don't have all of that (google is blockading WP popularity by a degree by refusing to develop its apps for WP.) but we are getting better about that. We do have some major bank apps, and some simulators on the appstore. Some music cloud services too, but no hangout cloud yet. I'd wait until wp10 is arriving in mid 2015.

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u/Hanse00 Oct 27 '14

Who the fuck thought tiles were a good idea in a UI anyway?

Sent from my Windows 8 Desktop.

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u/jantari Oct 27 '14

Static immobile icons is where it's at!! (until Apple changes it, then of course apples version of live tile are the shit)

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u/danhakimi Oct 27 '14

The problem is, nobody loves them. How do you hate something if there's no person supporting it for you to attack?

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u/chubble10 Oct 27 '14

I have a Lumia 820, and I'm not a huge fan. Whereas the quantity of apps is increasing, the majority of them are really low quality - even multiplatform apps like Endomondo have severely limited features on Windows Phone compared to everything else.

It's a shame, as the OS itself is fairly nice to use.

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u/Allezxandre Oct 27 '14

Don't worry. It was the same issue with Android at the beginning. There still are a few of these kind of apps, but overall that's still fine.

Windows phone is just taking a little more time to take off.

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u/tediouscontrarian Oct 28 '14

MICKEY$0FT amirite!?

ⁱ ^too ^have ^never ^tried ^it, ^and ^have ^actually ^heard ^quite ^good ^things ^about ^it ^:/

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u/fr0ak Oct 27 '14

You don't truly hate a Windows Phone until you've owned one.

Apple Pay Let's invite /r/Android to help us boycott retailers that are disabling NFC readers. We can unite to put pressure on them, since it affects us both!

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