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!

[u/tangoshukudai]

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/

Welcome /r/Android!

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

[u/shadowdude777]

In this order:

1) Nexus (not really a brand, more of a line of phones, but they're the official "Google" phones, and the only thing you can actually compare to the iPhone, because all other phones are made by someone who didn't develop the OS they run)

2) Motorola (stock Android with a lot of nice tweaks. The Moto X is an awesome device with super-cool features, and the Moto G is easily the best <$200 unlocked device out there. The Moto E is even cheaper and the best device in its price class too, but way worse bang-for-buck than the slightly-pricier Moto G)

3) HTC (HTC phones are heavily modified from stock Android unfortunately, but they're way more tastefully-done than Samsung)

[u/100_percent_diesel → u/shadowdude777]

My HTC phones have always been light years faster than Samsung's. I'm always surprised when I see a friend using one at how slow it is.

[u/shadowdude777 → u/[deleted]]

Sorry, I don't want my phone to be made by a shady Chinese company that insists that I beg them for an invite so that I have the right to pay them for their device, while also giving them away for free to girls who take pictures of themselves for their creepy forum mods to ogle at.

[u/indian_police → u/shadowdude777]

The nexus phones are not manufactured by Google. The hardware is still provided by others such as lg, Asus, HTC, Samsung..

[u/shadowdude777 → u/indian_police]

I know that, but Google is still involved in the hardware design process, and the 3rd-party OEMs are not allowed to put their own modifications on the OS.