(toskanews) – An app called “Are you dead?”. The name is surprising, but the idea is simple: every day the user must confirm their “presence”. “The name of the app seems a little too direct to me,” he says Yaya Songcomputer scientist living in Beijing. If the user it is not reported for two daysthe system automatically sends a message to a emergency contact indicated above.
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“Are you dead?” it rose rapidly at the top of the paid applications ranking on the Apple App Store in mainland China. «I find the concept interesting, but the app is paid – continues Yaya Song -. If it were free I would download it to try it. Even one yuan would be fine, but eight yuan seems a bit expensive to me.”
The success of the app intercepts the growing need for personal safety. According to official data, in 2024 one in five people in China lived alone, compared to 15% ten years earlier. The decline in marriages and the gap between generations have changed lifestyle habits, especially in large urban centres.
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