Chinese language App
Left On Lifeless!!!
Revealed
Typically it is simply good for somebody to acknowledge your existence … and a Chinese language firm is cashing in on that feeling with a brand new app known as “Are You Lifeless?”
Apparently, there are such a lot of lonely singles on this planet’s second-most populous nation, there’s an enormous untapped marketplace for common check-ins.
The way in which it really works is easy … customers arrange emergency contacts, and each couple of days the app sends a inexperienced button with a cute little ghost on it. Customers should click on it to substantiate they’re alive. In the event that they miss 2 consecutive faucets, the app notifies their emergency contacts to examine on them … all for somewhat over $1.
One consumer instructed BBC Information, “There’s a concern that individuals residing alone may die unnoticed, with nobody to name for assist. I typically marvel, if I died alone, who would accumulate my physique?”
Regardless of the dour identify, “Are You Lifeless?” is all the trend in Hong Kong, Singapore and the U.S., rating among the many prime paid utility apps … presumably because of Chinese language customers residing abroad.
The lifeless man’s change is proving so in style, the corporate is rumored to be contemplating a model particularly for senior residents who … You guys nonetheless there? Simply checking 😉
