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Okay, I'll stop (what even is it?)
Edit: if you're at all concerned about privacy, maybe provide something else than Play Store link for alternatives. Google bad.
Its original idea is actually interesting. Influencers always share perfectly composed scenes of their life, so it seems like they are always traveling, always doing something interesting. This app asks you at random times to please share what you are actually doing at that moment, it sends a notification when you should share, it has a window of some minutes to take a photo. You never know when the next bereal notification will show up. You can be sure, if someone always shares something interesting from their life constantly is not just faking it, it's actually real.
I never used it, but some of my friends do, so this is based on their explanations.
That actually sounds like a neat idea. I mean, it's a privacy nightmare, but not much more than any other social media site.
Why is it a nightmare? The whole point of the app is to share pictures of your life. It's only as invasive as you make it.
That actually sounds interesting, yeah. Thanks for clearing it up, I was obviously out of that particular loop 👍