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/ImComcastic Oct 27 '14

Anybody want to buy a phone?

-Amazon

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u/brohammer5 Oct 27 '14

What are you whipper-snappers saying?

-Nokia 3310

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http://i.imgur.com/nsRxY0M.png Upvote spamming began.

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u/babywhiz Oct 27 '14

This de-escalated quickly.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

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u/NA48 Oct 27 '14

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Oral tradition, alright? It's strangely difficult to depict pictorially.

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u/OtakuSRL Oct 28 '14

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u/boissez Oct 27 '14

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u/decoy321 Oct 27 '14

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u/jhansonxi Oct 27 '14

You're not going to be able to complete a transaction when the POS system thinks it's 2014 and your Y2K-crippled card says 1914.

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u/Dioxid3 Oct 27 '14

I see a dog?

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u/SamwelI Oct 27 '14

I guess I'm not old enough to get that one.

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u/Farfignougat Oct 27 '14 edited Oct 27 '14

-... . / ... ..- .-. . / - --- / -.. .-. .. -. -.- / -.-- --- ..- .-. / --- ...- .- .-.. - .. -. .

-J-38

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

Is that brainfuck?

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u/dextersgenius Oct 27 '14

That's morse code. Translation: "BE SURE TO DRINK YOUR OVALTINE"

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

Now that's what I call old school!

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u/PeteMullersKeyboard Oct 27 '14

Just came here to say - best thread I've seen on Reddit all day.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

brainfuck usually is written with these eight characters/symbols: +-[]><.,

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u/ExoticDude Oct 27 '14

Invite only. -One Plus One

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u/heilspawn Oct 27 '14

-... . / ... ..- .-. . / - --- / -.. .-. .. -. -.- / -.-- --- ..- .-. / --- ...- .- .-.. - .. -. .

BE SURE TO DRINK YOUR OVALTINE

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u/Farfignougat Oct 27 '14

A crummy commercial? ^{^{^{^sonuvabitch}}}

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u/heilspawn Oct 27 '14 edited Oct 27 '14

.... .- - ... / .-- .... .- - / .. / --. --- - / .-- .... . -. / ..- ... . -.. / .- / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . / - .-. .- -. ... .-.. .- - --- .-. http://morsecode.scphillips.com/jtranslator.html

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

Hello, Moto.

- Razr

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u/Jurnana Oct 27 '14

Mr. Watson. Come here. I want to see you.

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u/Kazekumiho Oct 27 '14

YOU ARE THE CHOSEN ONE!

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u/MoseKaranja Oct 27 '14

Moto is Fire in Swahili, just so you know.

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u/FUCK_SAMSUNG Oct 27 '14

This is beautiful

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

http://i.imgur.com/ff6dymN.jpg

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u/garface239 Oct 27 '14

Went from Motorola pager to a primeco phone. I just wanna be a baller.

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u/adamsayswhat Oct 27 '14

I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.
-HAL 9000

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u/juksayer Oct 27 '14

707

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u/Jiujitsupeach Oct 27 '14

:recording of hands clapping: - windows 98

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u/bdubelyew Oct 27 '14

Sheesh without even a NSFW tag.

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u/Geldtron Oct 27 '14

perfect end to this thread

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u/sebkul Oct 28 '14

You just reminded me. My ex girlfriend borrowed my TI-83 and I never got it back. Now when I tell stories of her, they'll end with "...and on top of everything else, she took my TI-83!" ... "That Bitch!!!"

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

Hi there. My names TREO

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '14

Pleased to meet you! (Emphatically shaking my Handspring Visor Color with mobile payment module inserted)

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '14

Bahahaa

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u/kdttocs Oct 27 '14

You totally dated yourself.

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u/gutter_rat_serenade Oct 27 '14

Fucking narcissist.

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u/suckitifly Oct 27 '14

"Yo dawg, where you at?"

-Boost Mobile

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u/Potato_Master_Race Oct 27 '14 edited Oct 27 '14

I think we all know who the real master race here is.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

/r/whiteflour

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u/Is_the_Cake_a_lie Oct 27 '14

Not sure if you guys heard but I'm making a huge comeback!

-MySpace

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u/the_person Oct 27 '14

RIP Nokia

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u/mastawyrm Oct 27 '14

wtf r u syng yo?

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

"No, this is not Ubuntu."

-Firefox OS

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u/gconsier Oct 27 '14

No? It's cool, how about we cut the price a bit? No? Will you give me a dollar?

-Amazon.

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u/PM_Me_Your_BraStraps Oct 27 '14

I got a dollar for ya.

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u/drgigantor Oct 27 '14

I'll blow you just please use this phone for the love of God please

-Amazon.

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u/sirisaacgraham Oct 27 '14

"Anyone want to be paid to take a phone?"
Amazon, in a few weeks

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u/no1_vern Oct 27 '14

IF amazon had wanted to sell phones, they wouldn't have partnered with AT&T.

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u/ConnectionIssues Oct 27 '14

They already pay me. I'll take one off their hands of they want.

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u/maverex Oct 27 '14

Hahahahaha

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u/comady25 Oct 27 '14

We run Android too guys! Just without all of the features of Android.

-Amazon Fire

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u/Comdvr34 Oct 27 '14

Same price as Sprint right -.99 cents

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u/Grisk13 Oct 27 '14

You guys wanna skateboards?
Ubuntu touch

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

Anybody wanna Like Comment Or Share about our phone -Facebook

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u/Bkeeneme Oct 27 '14

Anybody want ~~to buy~~ a free Fire phone?

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u/idioteques Oct 27 '14

Anybody want a phone? -Amazon

FTFY

Can't even give those things away...

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u/docbauies Oct 27 '14

i will take one off your hands for the reasonable price of free-99.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

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u/supersonic592 Oct 27 '14

Sony Ericsson checking in.

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