Die With Me: It's happened to you many times. Is your smartphone about to die due to battery? Most of us will make sure not to use our device, saving 2% (of battery life) until we can plug our phone back in.
It's normal.
However, a new app could change that rational behavior. Die With Me is only available when you have less than 5% battery life. That means you instantly have something in common with everyone else.
The Die With Me is a chat app that offers a simple way to chat with completely anonymous people. All you need to do is create a nickname and you're good to go. However, to connect to the network your phone will need to have less than 5 percent battery life.
This puts everyone involved in the chat in the same boat, since the “expiration date” is near. Once the device goes off, you disappear from the chat room.
Apparently, the new app is betting on the strange feeling of chatting with random strangers.
Die With Me is the brainchild of Dries Depoorter and David Surprenant. They pitched the idea for the app in 2016, before testing it on a small scale at the International Documentary Festival in 2017. As of today, Die With Me is available for anyone using Android and iOS devices.
Depoorter initially wanted to create a dating app using the low battery barrier as a way to get in, but ended up creating a chat app. It's not meant to compete with WhatsApp or Messenger, of course, but it does allow users to share their last moments before they log out.
Die With Me can be anything from a simple chat app to a social experiment, depending on how you think about it.
So since you might need more stress in your life, you might want to give it a try…
Android and iOS.
Die With Me: chat app or social experiment?
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